Litigation
Sep. 11, 2013
Store faces damages for firing employee who would not remove hijab
Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired an employee for wearing a hijab, a federal judge determined last week.
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired an employee for wearing a hijab, a federal judge determined last week.
In 2011, after four months of working at the teen clothing store in a San Mateo mall, a manager asked plaintiff Umme-Hani Khan to remove her headscarf because it violated the store's "look policy." Khan, a Muslim, refused to take it off because of her religious belief and...
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