11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of EEOC Suit Over Dreadlocks Ban

By Suevon Lee (September 15, 2016, 11:09 PM EDT) -- The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling that an insurance claims company did not discriminate against a black job applicant by refusing to hire her over her dreadlocks, even though the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission argued the hairstyle was directly associated with race....

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