British Airways worker seeks to overturn ruling on wearing cross

A devout Christian today began an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that British Airways did not discriminate when it asked her to conceal a necklace with a cross.

Nadia Eweida, 58, from Twickenham, south-west London, is seeking to overturn a tribunal ruling in January this year which rejected her claim that she was a victim of religious discrimination.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal in central London was told she was sent home from work on September 20 2006 after she failed to r... (136 more words)

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