Ok, but what makes that any of your business as an employer? Your not contending it's a safety issue. Maybe you don't like seeing it every day, but what if the person is an ideal employee in every other way? Is not hiring that person for that reason good for your business even if it's legal? What is really at stake for you here? Supposing it's a worry about how customers may react to being around such an employee, are there other issues of personal style that don't involve dreadlocks that you'd find equally problematic (say, tatoos covering one's entire face)? Or are you just singling out dreadlocks? Again, how would you write your company policy so it isn't discriminating on a matter of your personal taste, but rather has a broader basis that's justified by your business needs?
"I like, cant wear a hardhat man, its against my beliefs..and, like, it just wont fit man. Hire me or ill sue."
We require all, repeat ALL tattoos to be covered.
That same argument would in an earlier context have been "I'm not racist, but a lot of my customers are, so I can't hire you."
@hbiss summed up my position very well. It's all about client perceptions. I would have no issue sending any competent electrician into a commercial job as part of a crew. But when I'm sending a single electrician to a residence, that person is representing the image of the company. I don't know what percentage of my clients would react negatively to that person, but it's likely the majority based on the demographic I serve. I have be concerned because clients post reviews colored by their own prejudices, may not call us back for additional work, and may not make in-person referrals to others. I think the effect on the business would be real and significant. I have to keep people with perceived bad grooming, full face tattoos, and larceny convictions away from such clients.
My wife has a couple of medical tattoos on her backside. They are just small black dots, but they annoy me every time I see them. They look like skin imperfections you want to pick at.
It is a noun, and has been for a long while.
Sound like the free market is offering you a choice between (a) not propagating the client's prejudices and (b) getting the client's work. A tough choice for a business.
OK, answering both...
dictionary.cambridge.org
And conversely, if they are clean of body and clothes, their hair length or style shouldn't matter (beyond hair length safety concerns).
Well, I got the number wrong, but it's still not a noun. You never have a myriad by itself. It's always a myriad of something. "How many enemy were there?" "Myriads." That modifies the noun "enemy" from the previous sentence.@gadfly56 Sorry, but the dictionaries don't agree with you-
myriad
1. a very large number of something: 2. very large in number, or having great…Myriad Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
MYRIAD meaning: a very large number of things often pluralwww.britannica.com
and in the example "a myriad of toads" you have a myriad ("a very large number of things"), of toads ("toads"). The adjective form would be something like "there were myriad toads".
Either way, it doesn't matter beard or not, long hair or none, etc etc- if the person is not clean of body and clothes, they're not ready for work.
If you have a basket of apples, that's the same structure as having a myriad of opinions
No, it's not. You can have a basket of apples, an apple, or a basket. You can't have a myriad.
