Perfume seller Douglas, which had been criticised on social media for moving a sales assistant who started wearing a headscarf out of the public eye, has changed its dress code. The commotion arose when a Douglas shop in Leeuwarden told one of its sales staff, who had decided to start wearing a scarf, to work elsewhere in the shop. The European Court of Justice ruled last year that companies can stop staff from wearing headscarves as long as this is based on company rules stating that "visible signs denoting political, philosophical and religious convictions" are not allowed.