10-24-2013
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/10/23/Fired-waitress-Hair-highlights-got-me-fired/2631382565299/
Black Hooters Waitress Says Hair highlights got me fired
Farryn Johnson said she was unfairly terminated from her job as a waitress at Hooters for refusing to remove her highlights, while her colleagues were allowed to keep theirs.
A woman fired from her job working as a waitress at a Hooters in Baltimore, Md., for having "unnatural" hair color has filed a complaint against her former employer for discrimination.
Farryn Johnson, who is black, said she was fired for having blonde highlights in her otherwise dark hair, which the restaurant said violated the appearance policy for "Hooters girls."
Johnson, 25, was reprimanded about her highlights in June and fired in August when she did not change them. The problem? Her colleagues, including an Asian-American woman with bright red hair and a white woman with black hair and platinum highlights, were not given the same ultimatums.
"Hooters adamantly denies that it has different policies and standards for hair based on race," she continued. "As a global brand, Hooters embraces our culturally diverse employee base and our standards are applied impartially," Sinclair said in a statement.
Johnson, who worked at Hooters for almost a year, said that while she is seeking compensation for lost wages, she her primary goal is to get the chain to change its policy.
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/10/23/Fired-waitress-Hair-highlights-got-me-fired/2631382565299/
Black Hooters Waitress Says Hair highlights got me fired
Farryn Johnson said she was unfairly terminated from her job as a waitress at Hooters for refusing to remove her highlights, while her colleagues were allowed to keep theirs.
Farryn Johnson, who is black, said she was fired for having blonde highlights in her otherwise dark hair, which the restaurant said violated the appearance policy for "Hooters girls."
Johnson, 25, was reprimanded about her highlights in June and fired in August when she did not change them. The problem? Her colleagues, including an Asian-American woman with bright red hair and a white woman with black hair and platinum highlights, were not given the same ultimatums.
"Hooters adamantly denies that it has different policies and standards for hair based on race," she continued. "As a global brand, Hooters embraces our culturally diverse employee base and our standards are applied impartially," Sinclair said in a statement.
Johnson, who worked at Hooters for almost a year, said that while she is seeking compensation for lost wages, she her primary goal is to get the chain to change its policy.