"This is a common experience that a lot of other Sabbath observers or people wearing yarmulkes have had in terms of applying for a position and being turned down because it is just a nuisance to employers."
Source/Credit: The Los Angles Times
By Javier Panzar | December 13, 2014
Seven Orthodox Jewish groups, a Muslim civil rights organization and a public interest law firm supporting religious freedom filed briefs this week with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Muslim teenager who was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a head scarf.
Samantha Elauf was 17 when she was rejected by a Tulsa, Okla., branch of the clothing store.
Employees acknowledged that she was turned down because her scarf didn't meet the company's "look policy" that requires its sales staff to be in keeping with its "classic East Coast collegiate style of clothing," according to court filings.
The company said its employees did not know she wore the hijab for religious reasons.
Nathan Lewin, who filed a friend of the court brief for the Orthodox Jewish groups, said: "This is a common experience that a lot of other Sabbath observers or people wearing yarmulkes have had in terms of applying for a position and being turned down because it is just a nuisance to employers."
"It is important that these Orthodox Jewish groups express support for this Muslim woman who has had a similar experience," he said.
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