The U.S. Supreme Court has just sided with a young Muslim female who took the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing chain to court for religious discrimination. The almost unanimous vote by the judges ruled that it was for the company to find out if the female candidate for the job had any specific clothing requirements and determine what arrangements could be made to accommodate her hiring as soon as they had the slightest inkling that such measures would be necessary.
The story dates back to 2008 when Samantha Elauf (complainant in the case) went for a job interview at the Abercrombie childrens’ clothing shop (a subsidiary of Abercrombie & Fitch) in Tulsa Oklahoma. She was wearing a black headscarf but did not say why. The employer refused to hire her because her clothing was deemed to out of line with the company’s dress code. At that time Abercrombie & Fitch required tis staff to wear an East coast student look. Young sales staff in the New York fifth aven
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