September 2010
This interview focuses on the issue of discrimination in the workplace based on physical appearance. Barbara Hoey, a shareholder in Littler’s New York City office, discusses the trend with Bloomberg Law’s legal analyst, Spencer Mazyck. The interview also includes a discussion of how individuals with such claims have linked their unprotected physical characteristics to protected categories under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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