22.6.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 205/17 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Belgium) lodged on 3 April 2015 — Samira Achbita, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v G4S Secure Solutions NV
(Case C-157/15)
(2015/C 205/24)
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Hof van Cassatie
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Samira Achbita, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding
Defendant: G4S Secure Solutions NV
Question referred
Should Article 2(2)(a) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC (1) of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation be interpreted as meaning that the prohibition on wearing, as a female Muslim, a headscarf at the workplace does not constitute direct discrimination where the employer’s rule prohibits all employees from wearing outward signs of political, philosophical and religious beliefs at the workplace?