The business is private and can impose a dress code. The applicant is deranged to believe he’s being discriminated against. His hair is being discriminated against as not conforming to the employers dress code for a particular job or position.
If the employer says loose the dreadlocks to get the gig... you loose the hair or find employment elsewhere.
There is no lawsuit here. Just another idiot complaining like a child because he can’t get his way.
We have a dress code at work that says no facial hair. I guess because it looks unprofessional and untrustworthy like Abe Lincoln and Jesus.
In my employment contract, there were clauses about dress, hygiene, and grooming and so forth........oh and Must Speak English......
I took the job. I signed the contract. I did this willingly. They, my company, pay me. If I break the contract, I’m gone. they don’t pay me. Really pretty straight forward IMO.
Everywhere I have worked there was always a delineation between management, and the help. Management is clean shaven, or clipped close, short hair, shirt with a collar, and slacks (not jeans) shoes (not sneakers, flips, or Crocs).
I doubt that's true anywhere in the U.S., but especially not in Democratic states.
I'm sure businesses cannot require women to wear skirts. Sexism.
I'm sure businesses cannot forbid men to wear skirts. Transphobia.
I'm sure businesses cannot forbid blacks from wearing "traditional African" hairstyles. Racism.
There is no lawsuit here.
California? Post-BLM? I'm certain there is. There might even already be a settlement on the way.