I remembered a story a few weeks ago about a Muslim woman suing Abercrombie and Fitch because they fired her for wearing her hijab at work. After reading full story, I realized that Sears may be one of the retailers that is lax with their dress code when it comes to this issue. We have many employee's at my specific store that wear their religious and ethnic garb without any consequence from management or corporate which I greatly appreciate from Sears.
I asked one of the visual girls, Fatiway, who is Muslim how she felt about the Abercrombie issue and the supposed equal opportunity laws. Her take on the situation was that it was obviously unfortunate. She said her experiences have always been positive when it comes to working in retail and her religious observations. "I've never had a problem with wearing my garb at work. If anything, Sears has been very accommodating with me wearing my head wrap of any color. They treat it like an accessory that would be on anyone else."
It's detrimental for any company to deny someone employment or reprimand them for their religion. I cannot fathom why Abercrombie would even try it as if their reputation can take it! If things like this continue to happen within retail, there are certainly going to be more stringent laws and potentially less employees who would even want to work in the sector.
Just from hearing what Fatiway had to say and experiencing the Sears culture myself, I can tell they are extremely open and diverse. We even do "potlucks" once a month for good customer reviews where everyone brings a food. I'm very grateful that my first retail experience could be with such an accepting company!
Source: 10tv.com (2011, June 28). "Muslim woman sues Abercrombie and Fitch over hijab". Retrieved on July 9, 2011 from http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2011/06/28/story-new-albany-woman-sues-abercrombie-head-scarf.html.
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