A Wollongong woman has accused a local accountancy firm of sacking her for wanting to wear the Muslim headscarf.
Mariam El Hassan, 23, had worked at the firm for five years.
Her lawyer says she asked the firm if she could start wearing the headscarf to work for religious reasons but permission was denied.
Michelle Walsh from Turner Freeman Lawyers says Ms El Hassan was told not to come into work when she said she wanted to wear the headscarf.
"She'd had a day off to celebrate Eid and she was to come into work," Ms Walsh said. [ABC] Read more
