Changing life styles and the problems of authority in the plant1. Hair and beards in arbitration

January 1, 1972


Proceeding Authors:
Rolf Valtin
 

An analysis and comparison of three arbitration opinions regarding personal grooming requirements and, in particular, hair-and-beard regulations promulgated by employers. Such regulations are not a matter of managerial discretion, but must meet the test of reasonableness. Valtin notes that arbitrators tend to apply old-fashioned analyses to workplace controversies involving the new morality and changed lifestyles.


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