Creative Chaos CEO asked to step down after discrimination against hijab-wearing employee

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October 20, 2018

Company says CEO and the hiring manager were 'both found to have violated the ethos of the company'

KARACHI: The chief executive officer of software house, Creative Chaos, was asked to step down on Friday for asking a newly-recruited female employee to either stop wearing her hijab at work or quit.

“CEO of Creative Chaos Software Services asked to step down for workplace discrimination,” the software house said in a Facebook post.

Later, a statement issued by the company’s board of directors, said, “A young professional woman resigned from Creative Chaos Software Services in Karachi as she was made to feel that she will not be able to perform her duties due to her headscarf.”

“Of being made aware of the unethical situation, the group CEO immediately sent her an apology and requested that she reconsider her resignation and for her to give them some time to make it right,” it added.

The statement further stated that the CEO and the hiring manager were “both found to have violated the ethos of the company”.

A few days earlier, a Facebook post shared details of how the new recruit was told by her line manager that she could only continue with her job if she did not wear the headscarf to work.

The post stated that the recruit then took up the matter with the CEO, who said it promotes the "wrong image" and suggested she apply to Islamic banks instead. The CEO also asked the recruit to resign and refused to make the demands in writing as she had asked.

It further said that the recruit was warned against taking legal action against the company.



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