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A job applicant is guaranteed the job and then finds out that one of the conditions to get the job requires him to cut his hair. He loses the job offer and then opens up a lawsuit against the company of hair discrimination.
A Black job applicant is suing a company for hair discrimination, resulting in the first lawsuit to evoke the CROWN Act since it took effect in 2020.
A Black job applicant's lawsuit alleging hair discrimination is the first to evoke the CROWN Act. FG Trade/Getty Images A Black job applicant's
Jeffrey Thornton, a Black man who applied for a position as a technical supervisor in San Diego, has sued Encore Group, LLC, for allegedly denied him an opportunity because of his hair.
Jeffrey Thornton is suing his employer Encore Group - an event group - over hair discrimination under the CROWN Act after its San Diego office told him he had to cut his dreadlocks to get the job.