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

Authors :
Jiang, Yucheng
Ulrich, Michael R.
Source :
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Spring2023, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p185-195. 11p.
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10731105
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
163913328
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.55