The government can’t tell him how to dress but an employer can.
Just what I want to see when I go to disney (and pay the very big bucks)
Turbins and beards of Sikhs and muslims in the parades and plays...
Maybe we can get some burkas in there too???
An employer should be able to determine this, especially for theatrical performances. He isn’t sitting in a cubicle writing code, or doing the books!
And $1mil in damages for a seasonal college musician? What was his salary? Probably $7/hour? ;)
I tend to like Sikhs, and I dislike Disney, but I hope this whiner loses and it costs him a lot of money to pay his idiot attorney.
since he has the beard and turban he would fit very well as one of the forty thieves, no, no, not politically correct, never mind.
An employer should have the right to set standards that are appropriate to the job. Even the Supreme Court has said that men don’t have a right to work at Hooters.
Why didn’t they just station him at some “Aladdin” themed area? Half the people at the park wouldn’t know the difference between a Sikh and a mooselimb...
"What to do, what to do. Must be sensitive to diversity and all inclusive. But the employee manual says...."
I think that it's interesting to see that this gentleman was fired. Money talks, BS walks.
He should have worn a rainbow t-shirt and an earring in his right ear; then he’d fit in perfectly with the new “Disney Look”...
Sorry to hurt your feeling loser, but the rules were not put in because of you, so dont feel so self importan. The rules exist for a legit reason and if you want the job follow them. If not then move on and bother someone else.
Tired if these losers thinking everything is about them.....
Businesses are required by law to make reasonable exceptions to their rules. For instance, if I’m fair skinned and prone to skin cancer and I work in a health club and the club’s uniform standards say that I can’t wear a long sleeved shirt on the job, and they make me try to clean the tanning booth and disallow me from wearing my long sleeved shirt that I use to prevent against sunburn and skin cancer, my health club that I work for by law, has to allow me to wear my long sleeved shirt.
If I’m Jewish, and I wear a yarmulke, by law, a business cannot tell me I can’t wear the yarmulke unless the yarmulke makes my job difficult.
As long as the special need doesn’t impede with the quality of my work, legally, the owners or supervisors would have to cater to that special need. It would be a different story if his beard impeded with the quality of his job.
Nobody should have to be fired for not fitting some silly archaic standard of conformity as long as the deviation causes no harm.
Disney’s in deep doo doo, and it couldn’t happen to a worse company.
Anyone who wants a job must adhere to the standards of their employer. This is just another case of someone wanting the courts and government to provide for them. As has been said many times.... you are responsible for your own life.
Time these idiots take control of their own lives.
I think I will apply to be Tinkerbell at Disney. The fact that I am middle aged, look nothing like Tinkerbell, and would not look awesome in the teeny little Tinkerbell dress should not matter at all. If they won’t hire me, I’ll file a lawsuit!
If the courts decide that grooming standard cannot apply imagine the turmoil in the business sector. That could lead to “education standrds”, “competency standards”, etc. Pretty soon we will all be Government Union thugs that can never be fired just like in France.
Just a shot in the dark here - but I’m guessing that Matt Sarelson just sees a bunch of dollar signs in front of him and unfortunately he’s duped this “plaintiff” who makes about $9 an hour into about $300K in leagal fees just to get the case thrown out. Sad.