| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2001] All ER (D) 189 (Nov) |
| Court: | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| Judge: | Recorder Langstaff QC, Mr P Dawson and Mr B Fitzgerald |
| Representation | Sophie Parent (instructed by Free Representation Unit) for the employee. |
| Andrew Stafford (instructed by Doyle Clayton) for the employer. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 24 September 2001 |
Catchwords
Employment - Discrimination against a man - Act of discrimination - Employer dismissing employee for failing to comply with dress code - Dress code specifying that males had to have conservative hair cut not long hair or ponytails - Tribunal finding that dress code taken as whole not discriminatory - Whether tribunal erring in approach.
The Case
The employee had not been discriminated against on the grounds of his sex because his employer's dress code had prevented him having long hair and a ponytail.
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