If I’m being fired for not having one color hair but there are several other employees with multicolored hair who are keeping their jobs, is this discrimination?
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If I’m being fired for not having one color hair but there are several other employees with multicolored hair who are keeping their jobs, is this discrimination?
They are not even being asked about their hair.
Asked on November 2, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Only certain types of discrimination, those specifically made illegal by a statute (that is, by a law), are illegal. The main types of prohibited discrimination are against someone due to their race, sex, religion, age over 40, or disability. There is no protection for personal appearance (other than appearance due to race, age, religion, etc.), so it is not illegal discrimination to terminate an employee due to his or her hair. Also, there is no obligation that employers generally treat employees fairly or the same--they can punish person A for something which persons B, C, and D also do, for example--so an employer could choose to fire one multi-colored hair employee but not others. d on what you write, this appears to be legal.
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