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

This article examines - 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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of law, medicine & ethics medicine & ethics, 2023-01, Vol.51 (1), p.185-195
1. Verfasser:	Jiang, Yucheng Renee
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US Black or African American - legislation & jurisprudence Black people Black People - legislation & jurisprudence Disability discrimination Discrimination Employees Employers Employment discrimination Federal court decisions Federal regulation Fire departments Firefighters Firefighters - legislation & jurisprudence Fires Folliculitis - ethnology Folliculitis - etiology Folliculitis - prevention & control Hair Removal - adverse effects Hair Removal - methods Hairstyles Handicapped accessibility Humans Intersectionality Litigation Male Male employees Medical ethics New York City Organizational Policy Policy Race Racial discrimination Safety standards Skin Social Discrimination - ethnology Social Discrimination - legislation & jurisprudence Working Conditions - legislation & jurisprudence Working Conditions - organization & administration Workplace - legislation & jurisprudence Workplace - organization & administration Workplaces
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Zusammenfassung:	This article examines - 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.
ISSN:	1073-1105 1748-720X
DOI:	10.1017/jme.2023.55