The article explores how European Union labor law deals with equality rights in the workplace, focusing on religion and race. It looks at how EU law balances human rights like freedom of religion with anti-discrimination laws promoting equality. The Court of Justice of the European Union plays a key role in interpreting these laws, with a stronger focus on anti-discrimination. The article questions how these two discourses interact within EU law, especially regarding religious discrimination. It examines the clash between religious freedom and other human rights, as well as the prohibition of discrimination based on religion. The Eweida judgment by the European Court of Human Rights is analyzed as a key example of this tension.