A Complaint against lily white Abercrombie & Fitch for not hiring someone because of their hijab is either a public relations coup (in a certain way), a legal nightmare, or both. According to ABC News:
This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in Oklahoma federal court on behalf of Samantha Elauf, 17, whose hijab became an issue during a June 2008 interview for a position at Abercrombie Kids at the Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa, Okla. In its lawsuit, the EEOC is citing violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint alleges the interviewer said that any “headgear” was prohibited by the “Look Policy,” and the company refused to make an exception for Elauf to wear her hijab for religious reasons.
A&F goes on to what you might call a “general denial” in the article. To people in HR and related fields this seems like such an obvious minefield—but one wonders: in the service economy especially, just how knowledgeable are the people in situations like this? In California in firms of a certain size, sexual harassment training is required of managerial employees. Much of that would be necessary if employees read and understood their employee handbook.
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