فنلندا: معاقبة متجر ملابس بالغرامة لتمييزه ضد موظفة محجبة

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قضت محكمة "هلسنكي" في "فنلندا" على مديري متجر ملابس بالغرامة عقوبة على ممارستهم التمييزية ضد موظفة محجبة، في خطوة اعتبرتها الأوساط الإسلامية حجر الأساس لمنع الانتهاكات التمييزية بأماكن العمل.

وقد برزت المشكلة عندما تعاقدت المسلمة مع المتجر على العمل، إلا أنهم رفضوا ارتدائها للحجاب، وبعد تمسُّكها بحقها قاموا بطردها من العمل في اليوم التالي؛ مما دفعها للجوء للقضاء الذي حكم لصالحها، وذلك إضافة إلى ما قررته المحكمة الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان من منع أصحاب الأعمال من نحو تلك الممارسات ضد العاملين على أساس الشكل العام؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Finland’s Pro-Hijab Ruling Praised

A Helsinki court ruling to fine managers of clothing retailer for discriminating against a veiled Muslim employee has won the praise of law professors and Muslims alike as a first step towards preventing abuses at workplaces in Finland.

“Even if there are image reasons that lie behind it, an employer should be prepared that this kind of situation is going to come up,” Seppo Koskinen, a professor of labour law at Turku University, told Yle on Tuesday, March 25.

The case first came up when a Muslim employer was asked not to wear headscarf while being in the clothing store.

Discussing the issue with the managers, the new worker, who had been hired on a one-month contract, was fired on the first day work for donning Islamic headscarf, or hijab.

The case was looked at Helsinki District Court on Monday which decided 20 day-fines against the store managers.

The case is not the first to raise debates in Finland surrounding religious outfits.

Faith-based attire, including headscarves and turbans, has aroused debate and legal disputes around the European country.

The issue has come up in other cities, such as Vantaa where Sikh bus driver Gill Sukhdarshan Singh in February won the right to wear his turban on the job.

Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one's affiliations.

Hijab has been in the eye of storm since France banned the headscarf in public places in 2004.

Since then, several European countries have followed suit.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that employers cannot ban such symbols on the basis of corporate image.