I checked what the policy of my employer is of this and if I've understood this correctly (I could be mistaken as I only had a quick glance) any special requirements an employee may have with regards to their faith (if they have one) are established before a job is offered. It is never used as a factor in deciding who to offer a job to however. If there are say 5 positions available in a store, one of them being on the tills then anyone with religious objections to handling alcohol is unlikely to be offered that one.
If someone has already been working for the company and goes on to take up a faith with 'restrictions' (for lack of a better word) then I assume they would be offered something on a different section - there are inter-department movements all the time for different reasons.
I disagree with the "If you don't want to do your job then leave" attitude - some stores are close to areas with high Muslim populations and having that sort of attitude is likely to drive customers away.
On the subject of this story I think it would be odd for M&S to put someone like that on the tills at a high-demand period such as Christmas though. Customers are usually stressed enough without being told they have to queue somewhere else once they get to the till.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
When did M&S become a 'posh' shop?
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Showing your social class a bit there
