Muslim staff can discriminate based on their religious beliefs.

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262. But that's not M&S's policy...

An anonymous shopper claimed on FB that it happened, someone from M&S responded with incorrect information, and M&S quickly clarified what their policy was, which is the same as most large employers in countries like the UK and my own. If that one incident did happen, then as M&S said, their own policy wasn't being followed...

Maybe it's because I live in a country where large employers tend to respect their employees, generally cooperate with unions when it comes to workers rights, and within reason will accommodate employees religious and cultural needs that I'd be appalled at any large employer who took an attitude of 'fuck you. You work for me so yr not working here if you have any special requirements that I could easily accommodate by compromising without inconveniencing customers'. As a customer, there's no way I'd demand that someone who has an issue handling one particular item MUST handle that item to satisfy me as a shopper because I don't give a shit who serves me as long as the end result is I buy what I want with no delays or inconvenience and I'm out of there...