January 8, 2008
Source: Yahoo! News
Wire Service: AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/wl_uk_afp/britainaviationreligion
A British Airways worker has lost her case for religious discrimination over wearing a cross to work, she said Tuesday.
Nadia Eweida, 56, took BA to an employment tribunal claiming it effectively discriminated against Christians because they were not allowed to wear religious jewellery while Muslims were allowed to wear hijabs and Sikhs bangles.
The airline, which changed its policy to allow crosses on chains over work clothes last year amid controversy over the case, said its clothing policy did not discriminate against Christians.
The row erupted in 2006 when Eweida claimed she was asked to remove or hide her cross.