A couple of readers of our blog post yesterday relating to employer dress and grooming policies helpfully added a couple of points about an employer’s legitimate health and safety concerns,
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“Everything Your Mother Told You Growing Up Is A Lie: The Pretty People Always Win”
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The title above is from an article some time ago in Time entitled “People Who Were Pretty In High School Make More Money Because Life Isn’t Fair.”
The…
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“One’s Natural-Born Features, Alone, Ought Not Be Barriers To Employment”
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We read a great comment in response to our post “Weight Bias Is Alive And Well.” Maria Hanna Joseph, an attorney/mediator in the Boston area, addressing…
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“Weight Bias Is Alive And Well”
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We note the passing of the “destigmatizer of fat,” Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, who died at the age of 92. The NYT obituary this week called him “a pioneer of…
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Can An Employer Prohibit Body Piercing? Depends
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Tattoos, body piercings, dreadlocks – can an employer prohibit such bodily adornments? Can an employer require a “look policy?”
Depends.
We just read about a woman in Edmonton, Canada who…
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Does Appearance Matter In The Workplace? Maybe, Sometimes, “Its Only Human”
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Wow, did we get a lot of comments on our post last week, “‘Appearance DOES MATTER’ (at least in some jobs).” In that post, we quoted Sylvia Dahlby…
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“Appearance In Hiring DOES MATTER” (in some jobs)
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Sylvia Dahlby, a “purveyor of talent acquisition, staffing management and recruiting business solutions” in Hawaii, commented below on our posts about “lookism,” beauty bias, appearance bias, and obesity.
Does …
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Should Stuttering Be Classified As A Disability?
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We wrote on March 12th about a type of hiring bias based upon “aesthetic labor” – or in this case “sounding right.” The issue revolves around “stammering” —…
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“Aesthetic Labor” — Where Does This Leave Employees Who Stammer?
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We have done a lot of posts on beauty bias, or “lookism” – workplace bias based upon appearance. See our posts on lookism, appearance or beauty bias, and weight and …
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“Lookism” And Beauty Bias In The Workplace
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The Press from New Zealand (Press.com.nz) is publishing a series of articles on employment discrimination, and its leadoff article is about what we have called “lookism,” appearance bias or beauty…
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