The Christian Today website reports today (April 7, 2010) that a Christian nurse in England says she is "disappointed" after a tribunal ruled she could not wear her crucifix necklace to work.
Shirley Chaplin, 54, had gone to court claiming religious discrimination by her employers, the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, after they banned her from wearing the necklace during shifts.
Mrs. Chaplin told the tribunal that it was unfair that the trust allowed staff members of other faiths to wear religious and cultural symbols, including the hijab.
The tribunal ruled that Mrs. Chaplin had not been indirectly discriminated against, and that the claims of the NHS to ban the necklace on health and safety grounds were justified.
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