Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will permanently drop its ban on headscarves under a settlement announced Monday and will pay a total of $71,000 to two Bay Area Muslim women who lost job opportunities because of their attire.
The agreement comes three weeks after a federal judge ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the religious rights of one of the women, Hani Khan, by firing her after she refused to remove the hijab she wore while working as a stockroom clerk at the retailer's Hollister Co. outlet in San Mateo. [San Francisco Chronicle] Read more
