10.2190/NTAB-JG2F-Q4A9-456X NTABJG2FQ4A9456X 6 A "Hairy" Question: Discrimination Against Employees Who Violate Employers' Appearance Policies 67 79 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 NTABJG2FQ4A9456X.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=NTABJG2FQ4A9456X 1 Sharlene A. Mcevoy Fairfield University, Connecticut Many employers have rules on how much hair their employees may wear. In two 1993 cases, the federal courts decided the issue of wearing beards in different ways. This article analyzes several other inconsistent federal court decisions decided in the past quarter century in which some appearance policies were found violative of employee rights while others were found to have a rational basis in safety considerations.