Smith v Safeway plc [1996] IRLR 456 CA
Reports relating to this case:
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Conventional appearance rule not discriminatory
- Date:
- 1 September 1996
In Smith v Safeway plc (16 February 1996) EOR69A, the Court of Appeal holds that an appearance code which applies a standard of what is conventional applies an even-handed approach between men and women, and not one which is sex discriminatory.
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Sex discrimination: Men's hair-length restriction not discriminatory
- Date:
- 1 July 1996
In Smith v Safeway plc, the Court of Appeal holds that an industrial tribunal was entitled to decide that an employer's appearance code which required male employees' hair not to be below collar-length was not discriminatory.