Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores is a United States Supreme Court Case. This case is about a Muslim-American woman, Samantha Elauf, who was declined a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was refused because she wore a head scarf. This conflicted with the dress code of the company. These facts happened in 2008.
Elauf, 17 at the time, applied to work for Abercrombie & Fitch. She was wearing a head scarf during her interview, but she didn’t mention why. Heather Cooke, the woman who interviewed Elauf, was concerned Elauf wore the head scarf for religious reasons and mentioned it to the manager who responded that employees were not allowed to wear hats at work, and declined to hire Elauf.
Elauf, 17 at the time, applied to work for Abercrombie & Fitch. She was wearing a head scarf during her interview, but she didn’t mention why. Heather Cooke, the woman who interviewed Elauf, was concerned Elauf wore the head scarf for religious reasons and mentioned it to the manager who responded that employees were not allowed to wear hats at work, and declined to hire Elauf.