Erasmus | Employment rights and religion

Shifting entitlements

Despite losing a landmark case, people who refuse to work on Sunday say they are gaining ground

By B.C.

SHOULD employees be allowed to opt out of working on certain days of the week because that is required by their religion or conscience? In Britain, that emotive question is surrounded by a dense thicket of legal arguments over the various principles which have been set down by national and European Union law as well as by the European Court of Human Rights.

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