Workplace Poppy Ban - Unlawful Discrimination?

In a year where there is an expectation that the annual Poppy Appeal might raise a record £40 million, some employers (and governing bodies) are refusing to allow their employees to wear poppies.

Football governing body FIFA's recent refusal to allow the English and Welsh national teams to have poppies on their strips during international matches has attracted widespread condemnation, with Prime Minister David Cameron branding the ban "appalling". FIFA claimed that allowing poppies on strips would jeopardise the "neutrality of football". Following the reputed intervention of the Duke of Cambridge FIFA relented and...