Public employees in Michigan's Ingham County can no longer be discriminated against for their hair

[TexasTowelie]

Long hair, loc'd hair, big hair, don't care.

A Michigan county passed a resolution that bans the county's public employees from being discriminated against on the basis of hair, the Lansing State Journal reports.

The Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act passed unanimously on Tuesday by county commissioners and serves as a revision to the State of Michigan's Equal Opportunity Plan, which prohibits discrimination of employment within state departments and public positions regardless of race, religion, sex, height, weight, marital status, national origin, age, or disability.

Ingham County is the first in the state to adopt such a resolution.

“Ingham County will be on the forefront of these issues and this is another example of how we’ve been leading not just the region but the state on racial justice and equity issues,” Commissioner Derrell Slaughter stated Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/03/24/public-employees-in-michigans-ingham-county-can-no-longer-be-discriminated-against-for-their-hair
(Detroit Metro Times)