Freedom of religion at the workplace in Europe
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1 Freedom of religion at the workplace in Europe Prof. Lucy Vickers Oxford Brookes University This training session is commissioned under the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission EU Equality law and ECtHR EU Equality Directive 2000/78 includes religion and belief grounds Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - article 10 European Convention on Human Rights - Article 9 Lisbon Treaty
2 EU Equality law and ECtHR ECHR - rights based focus with international supervision EU law - economic focus extending to social focus ECHR Article 9 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance. 2. Freedom to manifest one s religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. 2
3 Eweida et al v. United Kingdom [2013] Right to resign: Ahmad v UK (1981); Strdman v UK (1997) Eweida v UK (2013) Includes: Eweida v British Airways; Chaplin v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust; Ladele v Islington Borough Council; McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd Legal issues from Eweida et al. the specific situation rule/right to resign when is there a manifestation of religion? Does there need to be a mandatory religious requirement? 3
4 The right to resign/specific situation rule Given the importance in a democratic society of freedom of religion, the Court considers that, where an individual complains of a restriction on freedom of religion in the workplace, rather than holding that the possibility of changing job would negate any interference with the right, the better approach would be to weigh that possibility in the overall balance when considering whether or not the restriction was proportionate. Para 83 Manifestation In order to count as a manifestation within the meaning of Article 9, the act in question must be intimately linked to the religion or belief. An example would be an act of worship or devotion which forms part of the practice of a religion or belief in a generally recognised form. However, the manifestation of religion or belief is not limited to such acts; the existence of a sufficiently close and direct nexus between the act and the underlying belief must be determined on the facts of each case. In particular, there is no requirement on the applicant to establish that he or she acted in fulfilment of a duty mandated by the religion in question para 82 4
5 Application to Eweida and Chaplin Dress codes Eweida: Religious rights can be claimed at work, but the employer can restrict the employee s manifestation of religion when it interfered with other rights. In this case this restriction was unjustified. Chaplin: the protection of health and safety on a hospital ward, was inherently of a greater magnitude than that which applied in respect of Ms Eweida. Moreover, this is a field where the domestic authorities must be allowed a wide margin of appreciation (para 99) Other dress codes cases Dahlab v Switzerland (2001) Sahin v Turkey (2005) Ebrahimian v France (2015) Freedom of religion was not violated. As in earlier cases the Court noted the lack of consensus across Europe on the issue. It also noted national context. Court suggests that religious dress worn in the hospital context may make patients feel that they would not receive treatment on an impartial basis. Note dissent: query on impartiality. Religious affiliation could also be shown by name. 5
6 The use of the Margin of Appreciation The Court reaches its conclusions relying on the wide margin of appreciation allowed to states when dealing with issues over which there is a lack of consensus in Europe. On margin of appreciation: see S.A.S. v France (2014) EU Directive protection for religion and belief EU Directive 2000/78 prohibits On grounds of Religion and belief Direct Discrimination note Article 4(1) and (2) and the GORs Indirect Discrimination where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons having a particular religion or belief at a particular disadvantage compared with other persons; unless [it] is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary 6
7 Article 4 and genuine occupational requirements Article 4(1) applies where being of a particular religion is a genuine and determining occupational requirement of the job Article 4(2) applies to organisations with an ethos based on religion or belief. Applies where: by reason of the nature of the activities or the context in which they are carried out, a person s religion or belief constitutes a genuine legitimate and justified occupational requirement, having regard to the organisation s ethos. Indirect discrimination in domestic courts UK - Azmi v Kirkless M.C. [2007] France - Baby Loup 7
8 EU Directive protection for religion and belief AG opinions Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV even a direct difference of treatment is eminently justifiable under certain conditions (27) Judge proportionality taking into account: the size and conspicuousness of the religious symbol; the nature of the employee s activity; the context in which she has to perform that activity; the national identity of the Member State concerned. an employee may be expected to moderate the exercise of his religion in the workplace [116] EU Directive protection for religion and belief AG opinions Bougnaoui v Micropole SA Clear that business reasons and client choice can be suspect, and a cover for stereotype and prejudice Religion accompanies one everywhere Different standards of protection should not be applied to different equality grounds. 8
9 EU Directive protection for religion and belief AG opinions Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV reliance on Margin of Appreciation acceptance that religion is different/can be left at the door Bougnaoui v Micropole SA acceptance that religion cannot be left at the door recognition of equality of equalities Lessons for EU antidiscrimination law? Both EU equality law and European Human Rights Law take a balancing approach Compare balancing approach under Article 9, and the balancing exercise undertaken with respect to indirect discrimination. Heavy reliance in ECtHR on margin of appreciation how might this work in the EU context? 9
10 Lessons for EU antidiscrimination law? Value of religion to be left at the door or an integral part of a person s very being Role of national practice/custom Lessons for EU antidiscrimination law? Any comments or questions? Prof. Lucy Vickers Oxford Brookes University lrvickers@brookes.ac.uk 10
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