A "Hairy" Question: Discrimination Against Employees Who Violate Employers' Appearance Policies

Sharlene A. Mcevoy


DOI: 10.2190/NTAB-JG2F-Q4A9-456X

Abstract

Many employers have rules on how much hair their employees may wear. In two 1993 cases, the federal courts decided the issue of wearing beards in different ways. This article analyzes several other inconsistent federal court decisions decided in the past quarter century in which some appearance policies were found violative of employee rights while others were found to have a rational basis in safety considerations.

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