Monday 27 October 2014

Staff Hair Cuts: Do You Possess The Authority To Alter Them?

By George Dodson


The working force nowadays are aware of their rights as well as their privileges. Workers or staffs no longer have to fear losing their jobs just because they failed to do exactly what their boss wants them to do which is not covered by their line of duty. This would then mean that each employer is shielded from any abuse of the employer through any means.

One such sensitive issue is the dress code as well as the appearance of the employee which may include anything from the kind of clothes they are supposed to wear right down to the length of their hair. So before any company or their management decides to regulate the appearance of their employees they must introspect whether they within their legal limits and not infringing upon the basic rights of their employees who also happen to be the citizen of their country.

However some of the organizations or companies have it specifically mentioned in their contract form that their employees are to keep the length of their hair to a permissible limit as mentioned by the organization or company hiring them. One example of a workplace that requires shorter hair is the soldiers' battlefield where long hairs can obviously hinder ones vision which can cause or lead to injuries, accidents and even death. Also many of the defense forces have policies regarding the amount of facial hair that their personnel are supposed to keep.

With regards to religious custom however, a haircut requirement many not be necessary. As for example, in the Indian defense forces incorporating all the three main branches the Sikhs are allowed to keep long hair and wear head gears as a part of the religious custom.

The aviation industry also requires its labor force to have a short and decent hair cut to fully carry out their jobs and also to have a neat look to entice customers and clients. There are also a lot of show businesses today that have a uniform style of hair cut among its labor forces to suit the theme of their business. It is in these classifications of businesses and careers that one is required to have a shorter hair to be fully efficient at work. Also recently some the companies are making it a part of their policy to ask their employees to cut their down their hair and keep it short since uniform length of the hair of all the employees will result in lower expenses for the company in maintaining it with hair blow drier of a single size for all the employees. So even if there are instances of company making employees cut their hair but it is not allowed in every sector since it may infringe upon their rights.




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