A fast food restaurant employee has shared shocking footage of her boss telling her not to wear her hijab to work before she says she was sent home for refusing to remove it.

Stephanae Coleman says the manager at Chicken Express in Saginaw, Texas took issue with her Monday after she arrived at the branch wearing the modest head covering.

In a video recorded by the employee, the 1212 Blue Mound Road branch manager is seen reprimanding the 22-year-old woman who recently became a Muslim, telling her that she can't wear the scarf because it's not part of the uniform.

'Your job is your job. Your job has nothing to do with religion,' the manager says in one video.

'The job requires a specific uniform. [The hijab] is not a part of the uniform; you as a paid employee cannot wear it,' he adds in a second clip which the woman said was from when he called her into the office after speaking on the phone with the area coach.

Stephanae Coleman says the manager at Chicken Express in Saginaw, Texas took issue with her Monday after she arrived wearing the modest head covering. Video shows him saying the hijab 'is not a part of the uniform; you as a paid employee cannot wear it'

She said: 'Once I clocked in, the manager said 'Take off anything that doesn't involve Chicken Express,' which I knew he was talking about my hijab'

The woman - who goes by Folake Adebola on Twitter, converted in August and started working at the restaurant in October. She only debuted her hijab this week after a set she had ordered arrived.

'I converted to Islam not too long ago and I started wearing my hijab, I went to work today and was kicked out because my hijab was not apart the 'dress code' apparently and I wasn't allowed to wear it,' she posted on Twitter. 'Don't come to the chicken express in Fort Worth!!'

She added in another tweet: 'This is discrimination at its finest! I will not tolerate this at all.'

Coleman has not named the boss despite requests online. The company has not named him.

The woman said: 'I told my manager that I am Muslim and that I was waiting on my hijabs to come in. And everything was cool until it was brought up again between him and another employee.'

'Once I clocked in, the manager said 'Take off anything that doesn't involve Chicken Express,' which I knew he was talking about my hijab,' the woman told CNN.

'So I didn't react, I just went to the back and took off my jacket and my purse. Five minutes later, he called me into the office telling me that I have to take it off because it's not a part of the work uniform.'

The woman - who goes by Folake Adebola on Twitter, converted in August and started working at the restaurant in October. She only debuted her hijab this week after a set she had ordered arrived

Coleman claimed that after she cut off her camera, the manager said: 'If it isn't branded by chicken express you can't wear it, we don't care about your religion because it has nothing to do with the store.'

In regards to issues of health and safety raised by Twitter commenters, Coleman said she works on the front counter: 'I barely deal with food.'

She added: 'In the hand book they say they have 'equal opportunity for every religion' so yes I FELT comfortable working there.'

The company's handbook states that 'only the Chicken Express hats or visors may be worn' but does not include guidelines on religious exceptions.

Coleman said she believes the manager was 'targeting' her after social media users noted they'd seen staff working at Chicken Express wearing a hijab.

In addition to the hijab incident Coleman claimed that several weeks ago she was taken off the schedule after she had an anxiety attack at work and was having trouble breathing.

'He said it caused a slow down in the store because I had to walk off and all down,' she tweeted. 'Instead of making sure that I was okay he took me off the schedule for TWO WEEKS!'

Coleman said that by Tuesday she hadn't heard back from corporate team but the 'guy that runs the store called me this morning and apologized'.

She said he 'asked would I like to help rewrite the handbook so this doesn't happen again'.

In a video clip the boss says: 'Your job is your job. Your job has nothing to do with religion'. Others noted they have seen other wear hijabs at Chicken Express. Coleman said she believes the manager was 'targeting' her

Coleman claimed she faced discrimination from a female co-worker when she returned to work Tuesday. She claimed 'nobody in my job will come forward about anything. Because they are all too scared'

Coleman claimed the store owner asked her to remove her social media videos that went viral with tens of thousands of views and reactions, because they have been 'getting calls from other CE stores about this situation', however she declined.

She said she hadn't gone to HR about the matter but returned to work Tuesday and faced more discrimination.

'A lady who I worked with today was making racists comments AFTER the store owner left,' Coleman claimed.

So I walk behind the counter and an employee is talking about me to another worker calling me a fake Muslim and that the Muslim community should hate me. So instead of saying something I let her talk. She continued on to say that there is no such thing as black Muslim women,' Coleman continued. 'And laughed at me while I was adjusting my hijab.'

'I cried all day yesterday because I just couldn't believe it happened to me like it's 2019 almost 2020 this needs to stop.'

Coleman reached out to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) with the videos for advice on filing a lawsuit and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission now has her case.

Claiming 'southern businesses love discrimination', one Twitter user said past and current employees should come forward with their cases of discrimination.

However Coleman tweeted: 'That's the thing nobody in my job will come forward about anything. Because they are all too scared.'

Many called for the offending manager to be fired and for Chicken Express to settle a lawsuit quickly, citing Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act about practicing religion at work.

Coleman said she believes the manager was 'targeting' her after some pointed out they'd seen others wearing a hijab at Chicken Express

Coleman said: 'I cried all day yesterday because I just couldn't believe it happened to me like it's 2019 almost 2020 this needs to stop'

Chicken Express, which is franchised, has declined to comment.

The restaurant said it would 'retrain' the manager who is one of three at the branch and is still employed by them.

An attorney representing the Chicken Express franchisee said sending her home was a 'mistake' and that she's 'not facing discrimination for her decision to wear a headscarf or for being Muslim.'

'The manager's decision to send Ms. Coleman home for wearing the headscarf was due to a lack of training,' Rhett Warren told CNN. 'The manager was using a strict interpretation of the company policy that does not allow derivations from the standard employee uniform, and he unfortunately did not take religious liberty into consideration.'

She was paid for the full number of hours she intended to work Monday before she was sent home.

But Coleman feels too 'uncomfortable' to return.

'Stefanae agreed to come to work but due to the overall negative hostile atmosphere at work she couldn't stay and decided to leave,' Faizan Syed, executive director of CAIR in Texas told CNN.