Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7669695.stm
A Christian has begun an appeal against a ruling that British Airways (BA) did not discriminate when it asked her to stop wearing a cross visibly at work.
Nadia Eweida, 56, from Twickenham, south-west London, wants to overturn an employment tribunal ruling that she did not suffer religious discrimination.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal heard she was sent home in September 2006 for wearing the silver cross on a chain.
BA has now changed its policy to allow religious symbols to be visibly worn.
The appeal tribunal was told that she was sent home from work after she failed to reach a compromise with managers over the visible display of a plain silver cross on a chain around her neck.
Miss Eweida, who was unpaid during this period, did not return to work until February of the following year, after the airline changed its uniform policy.
Her case centres on her claim the airline had "ruled for one minority group but not the other".
She had argued that while Muslims and Sikhs had been allowed to wear hijabs and religious Kara bangles respectively, she as a Christian was asked to remove her cross necklace or hide it from sight.