Discrimination and religion (Ivan Israelstam)
Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination against an employee on arbitrary grounds One of these grounds is that of religion. This means that no employer is entitled to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment purely on the grounds of the employee’s religion. For example, it would be discriminatory for an employer to:
- Turn down a job applicant because he/she was Christian, Jewish, Moslem or a believer in any other religion
- Decide that only employees belonging to a …