From the Daily Telegraph:
BALDNESS NOT DISABILITY, 'HARASSED' TEACHER TOLD
Baldness is not a disability, an employment tribunal has ruled, after a former teacher complained he was harassed by his pupils and called "baldy." James Campbell, 61, said schoolchildren perceived his lack of hair as a sign of weakness and told the hearing that he was a victim of disability discrimination.But the tribunal in Glasgow decided that being bald could not be regarded as an impairment. Robert Gall, the tribunal's employment judge, added: "It seems to me to take the definition of impairment too far if baldness of itself is to be regarded as being an impairment."
Seth Godin's shiny head. A disability or a logo in its own right?
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3 comments:
I know all too well that being bald isn't a disability, but surely being a gobshite is.
He should have taken that angle.
Some guys just don't deserve a smooth pate.
Being predominently smooth myself, I do look askance at guys who, for some reason, just can't deal with the reality of their foliclessness.
Deal dudes.
One of the funniest things I ever saw on TV was an episode on Murphy Brown where she happened to find herself at a short man's support group.
In the scene she called it a "problem."
All at once the men said in unison, "It's not a problem! It's a situation!"
I wonder if I can find that on YouTube.
I recall seeing scholarly work here in the US showing positive correlation between height and income level. Similarly with smoking, weight, physical attractiveness, and so on.
On the Philip Morris USA website there is or was an employee testimonial assuring the public that they didn't discriminate against non-smokers. I am sure the same could be said of other "sin" industries.
My Dad, not the tallest of men, worked for a global corporation where he was the exception as most others were tall. Unwritten rule but widely and openly (at that time) accepted that they liked their employees to 'own" the room when they walked in.
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