| By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A Southern California company recently made an employment offer to a Black job applicant it allegedly rejected because of his natural hairstyle. Encore Global, which is registered in Delaware but does business in California, released a written statement saying the issue was a “misunderstanding” and the company […] By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A Southern California company recently made an employment offer to a Black job applicant it allegedly rejected because of his natural hairstyle. Encore Global, which is registered in Delaware but does business in California, released a written statement saying the issue was a “misunderstanding” and the company […]
A job applicant is guaranteed the job and then finds out that one of the conditions to get the job requires him to cut his hair. He loses the job offer and then opens up a lawsuit against the company of hair discrimination.
Jeffrey Thornton, claims that he was discriminated against on basis of his race when his former employer allegedly told him that he would need to cut his hair, which Thornton maintained in locks. One of first lawsuits filed asserting claims under FEHA pursuant to CROWN Act amendment