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Differing male and female grooming standards may signal opening for religious accommodation

08/27/2008

Some religions prohibit men from cutting their hair. That can conflict with company grooming standards that set different limits on how long male and female employees may wear their hair. Generally, courts allow such differences ... Even so, a man whose religion says he cannot cut his hair may have a religious discrimination case.

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