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It is illegal to force staff to work on day of worship, court rules

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Landmark judgment bars employers from forcing employees to work on worship day. [iStockphoto]

It is illegal for an employer to force an employee to work on his or her worship day, the Employment and Labour Relations Court has ruled.

In a landmark judgment on labour rights, Justice Bernard Manani declared it is against the right of worship and discrimination for an employer to put an employee in a fix to choose between either God or work.

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