Payne's Letter
Hi,
On October 12th at approximately 14:15, I, J%uFFFDr%uFFFDmi Grenier-Berthiaume, have had an interview with you. Everything seemed to be going well until the moment the Grooming Policy was mentioned to me. I was told I might have to arrange my long hair as a pony-tail. This looked perfectly fine. However, my interviewer decided it might be a good idea to take a minute to gather more information about the policy as she was unsure about the exactitude of her words.
Later on, she came back to me saying that as a male, I am obligated to shorten my hair if I want to be hired. At that point, I started asking myself if this was fair. I thus asked to talk to a higher authority in order to enlighten me on the case.
I talked to the person assigned as a "Human Resource" and she ended up telling me that I could not be hired if I refused to cut my hair. I then thought the case was closed, and I left. However, after a few minutes spent outside thinking about this all, I decided I would return back inside to discuss about this all with yet a higher figure of authority. I then ended up talking to the "Human Resource Manager".
Once again, I am told that I cannot be employed by Sunshine Village if I do not comply to their grooming policy. I then asked why such a policy is in place: I was told that Sunshine Village's clients find male with short hair more approachable, and since Sunshine Village wants to provide a good experience to its customers, it enforced such a rule in their grooming policy.
I believe such a reasoning cannot lead into enforcing such a policy. What if the customers found that black persons were less approachable? Could such a reasoning lawfully lead into enforcing a policy restricting the employment of black persons? I do not believe so.
Thus;
WHEREAS it is my understanding that such a policy is a discrimination based on the gender since female are allowed to wear long-hair as a pony-tail, while male do not have this freedom, I would like Sunshine Village to reconsider their grooming policy and inform me of their decision as soon as possible.
Moreover;
CONSIDERING that I am still interested to work as a server or a lift operator for Sunshine Village, but that I was discriminated and "disqualified" based on what seems to be an unlawful policy, I would like Sunshine Village to reconsider hiring me for this winter season based on a fair evaluation of my person (that is, allowing me (and any futur male with long-hair) to wear long-hair as a pony-tail).
Any failure into satisfying those two conditions within 14 days will result into a complaint for Human Rights violation being filed against Sunshine Village.
While reconsidering your grooming policy, please consider the sections 7 and 8 of the Alberta Human Rights Act (
http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/A25P5.pdf).Also, please note that the Human Rights Commission (Calgary division) confirmed me this is a case of discrimination. I was told getting in contact with Sunshine Village in order to solve the conflict prior to filing a complaint was a very good idea. You hereby witness my determination into solving the conflict.
Sincerely,
Jérémi [Name Redacted]
Sent on the 17th of October 2011, at 7:35 PM, from Canmore's Library.
Payne has instructed me to post a topic regarding an incident and to ask for insights and opinions.
Here's the story. Payne planned to work at ski-lifts during the winter to make some bank so he can survive his journey. He goes to a "job fair" or something (I have never heard of such things in capitalist america), and, as described, is denied due to having long hair.
This, of course, would mean payne would be forced to come back early (as in come back to SEN!) for the winter.
Is this immoral? If so, is any discrimination or selection acceptable? What about if two people have exactly identical resumes?
If not, (assuming at a certain point it is) at what point does it cross the line from being moral to immoral?
I think it's pretty immoral to do, but I can understand why someone would do it. It's really good for a business. With that said, the business-man inside of me
wants me to say it's completely acceptable within reasonable bounds (aesthetics, personality, etc)...
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Oct 19 2011, 2:33 am by DevliN. Reason: Collapsed payne's letter. And removed the question about mi
"If a topic that clearly interest noone needs to be closed to underline the "we don't want this here" message, is up to debate."
-NudeRaider
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