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Reasonable Accommodation and Disparate Impact: Clean Shave Policy Discrimination in Today's Workplace.

Authors :
Jiang YR
Source :
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics [J Law Med Ethics] 2023; Vol. 51 (1), pp. 185-195. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 25.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

This article examines Bey v. City of New York - a recent Second Circuit case where four Black firefights suffering from Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (a skin condition causing irritation when shaving which mostly affects Black men) challenged the New York City Fire Department's Clean Shave Policy - with an intersectional approach utilizing legal theories of racial, disability, and religious discrimination.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1748-720X
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37226761
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.55