Employers in the EU may be able to ban Muslim staff from wearing headscarves to work if it is part of a broader prohibition on all religious symbols, said Juliane Kokott, an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice. The court advisor's opinion was in response to a Belgian court's request for clarification on EU anti-discrimination laws, to help decide a case in which a receptionist was fired for wearing a headscarf to work. In her opinion, which is not a binding ruling from the ECJ, Kokott says bans on religious symbols may be legitimate in order for employers to reach "neutrality."