Is a "no braids" rule discriminatory if I am the only one with braids?
Is it job discrimination if you are told that braids can not be worn and you are the only person that it is said to and it is not in the company manual? (and at the time that it was said there were no braids being worn)
2 answers | asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Answers (2)
No braids rule.
Whether or not being told not to wear braids is discrimination depends on many things. A lawyer would want to know what your job is, whether the company had any sort of dress code, what the purpose of the no-braid rule is, whether the no-braid rule is applied equally to employees of all races and sexes, whether the company had any motive to harass you, etc.
David Lee (Chicago)
posted by David L. Lee | Feb 21, 2001 4:09 PM [EST]
Whether or not being told not to wear braids is discrimination depends on many things. A lawyer would want to know what your job is, whether the company had any sort of dress code, what the purpose of the no-braid rule is, whether the no-braid rule is applied equally to employees of all races and sexes, whether the company had any motive to harass you, etc.
David Lee (Chicago)
posted by David L. Lee | Feb 21, 2001 4:09 PM [EST]
Hair grooming standards are not illegal
It may be job discrimination, but it is not illegal discrimination under Illinois law. Hair grooming standards, even if they are different for men and women, are not illegal.
posted by John H. Otto | Feb 21, 2001 3:27 PM [EST]
It may be job discrimination, but it is not illegal discrimination under Illinois law. Hair grooming standards, even if they are different for men and women, are not illegal.
posted by John H. Otto | Feb 21, 2001 3:27 PM [EST]
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