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Something similar happened in Sweden:

  Farah Alhajeh, 24, was applying for a job as an interpreter when she declined to shake the hand of a male interviewer for religious reasons.

  She placed her hand over her heart in greeting instead.

  The Swedish labour court ruled the company had discriminated against her and ordered it to pay 40,000 kronor ($4,350; £3,420) in compensation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45207086

[autoexec]

Forcing employees to handshake is maybe the most bizarre company policy I've ever seen. I've known multiple people who were uncomfortable with handshaking. I imagine that if this company didn't get in trouble for discriminating against someone because of their religion which prohibited getting touchy touchy with members of the opposite sex, that they would have run into trouble eventually for discriminating against someone with OCD.

I'd give them a pass if being an interpreter actually required you to touch strangers as a function of the job, but give me break.