not a for real cowboy wrote wrote:
I did, and that's why I wrote what I did. It doesn't matter if her employer set guidelines (or didn't set guidelines, for that matter) about costumes. You have no right to wear what you want to work, religious garb excepted.
Now most employers don't care. If someone wears something provocative, most employers will have a documented conversation with the employee. However, when an employee's poor costume choice blows up on the internet and the employer does not want to be associated with that costume choice, that employee will likely be terminated.
I'll dumb this down for you: in an "at will" employment arrangement, an employer does not need a reason to fire you. If a reason is provided, it can't include things like sex, race, disability, etc. Clothing and costumers are not among these protected classes.
You don't understand that "unless her employers stated otherwise" means exactly that. She could come to work in an SS uniform unless her employers state otherwise. Which they almost certainly would, as they would have some form of dress code, and Nazi uniforms would not make the cut. They can fire her for all but a few reasons which fall into protected classes.
"unless her employers stated otherwise" means the employer sets the rules what is said and the appearance of the workplace, within a set of guidelines that includes health and safety, sexual, verbal and physical harassment and protected classes. He can fire her because she wore a blue shirt but not because her eyes are blue. He can fire her because she likes Kris Kross but not because she wears a cross.