https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that employers may ban headscarves in the workplace in certain circumstances - an issue which has been heatedly debated in Germany in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20170314/what-the-eu-court-ruling-on-headscarf-bans-means-for-germany Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:07:57 +0100 what-the-eu-court-ruling-on-headscarf-bans-means-for-germany The Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday, and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20170209/muslim-teacher-wins-9000-in-berlin-discrimination-case Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:27:12 +0100 muslim-teacher-wins-9000-in-berlin-discrimination-case Despite a major 2015 Constitutional Court ruling striking down absolute headscarf bans in schools, a lower court has rejected a case brought by a woman who was not allowed to teach due to wearing the garment. https://www.thelocal.de/20170118/court-rejects-muslim-teachers-discrimination-case-over-headscarf Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:12:09 +0100 court-rejects-muslim-teachers-discrimination-case-over-headscarf A dentist in Stuttgart is being taken to court by a woman whom he rejected for a job as his assistant on the basis that she wears a Muslim headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20161027/dentist-faces-court-after-rejecting-applicant-for-headscarf Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:58:36 +0200 dentist-faces-court-after-rejecting-applicant-for-headscarf A Palestinian who was hired to work as an intern on a refugee project was fired by a town hall this week because she wouldn't take off her headscarf. https://www.thelocal.de/20160825/mayor-fires-intern-from-refugee-project-for-wearing-headscarf Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:13:43 +0200 mayor-fires-intern-from-refugee-project-for-wearing-headscarf