Paprec...became France’s first privately-owned business to adopt a so-called “secularism charter”...which forbids its employees from wearing religious symbols...All 4,000 of Paprec’s employees voted to approve the charter, which will be written into official policy and displayed at the entrance of each of the company’s 50 sites once it has been validated by the Ministry of Labour...[S]taff will not only be prohibited from wearing outward signs of their religious persuasion, but also from proselytising in the workplace...[P]aprec has often been held up as a model of diversity, with 52 different nationalities represented in its workforce [but] the charter raises the tricky question of just how far France’s secularist values should go. Up until now, measures restricting conspicuous religious symbols have been limited to the public sphere...The company hopes that by introducing the charter, it will force the debate on secularism in privately-owned businesses. [Refers also to Randstad France]