Table of contents
1. The working version of the question of the Islamic veil and the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of religion – 2. The European regulatory context. In particular, the EC directive n. 78 of 2000 – 3. The intervention of the EU Court of Justice: variety of cases and of the questions of law involved – 4. In particular, the Achbita case – 5. The Bougnauoi case – 6. The basic theme of the potential conflict between religious freedom and freedom of enterprise - 7. References to the European Convention on Human Rights and the role of the national judge - 8. Prohibition of the veil and neutrality of work performance. Confirmation of the objective nature of the discriminating effect and of the related justification in recent Italian jurisprudence - 9. Concluding and forward remarks

Abstract
The contribution examines the methods of exercising the right to religious freedom within the workplace in the light of the most recent rulings of the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the subject of wearing religious symbols.