No interview but meet criteria for job

Comms69

Jsacker said:

Comms69 said:

Alz1986 said:

The person with the haircut can take this down different paths - bullying, harrasment, loss of earnings.

If you refuse to employ someone because you did not like their haircut, you would need to be able to explain/ justify why that haircut is against the culture of your organisation. Otherwise, the manager's organisation have subjected an individual to abuse.

You would have to be very daft manager to do such a thing without having an ethical reason for it.

Oh i see, you have zero knowledge of employment law. my mistake.

Bullying is legal.
Harassment requires 2 or more events, intended to cause alarm and distress.
There is no loss of earnings, as you didn thave a job.

I would not need to explain or justify anything. I am entitled to abuse anyone i feel like, legally. 

You have zero knowledge of employment law, i suggest that you put in some kind of disclaimer. 

On a purely academic point, haircut *could* be linked to discrimination (gender and race spring to mind).

But yea, bullying/harassment/loss of earnings? Weird points to make in isolation (probably ok to include if you combine it with a half decent argument for discrimination).

Just as I start warming up to Alz, they come out with some advice which looks a bit dodgy even to me!

I suppose it could be linked, granted. But i think that's in very precise and specific circumstances. An employer can defintely have a policy on hairstyles.

In anycase i agree, no idea where all that came from

PrudentPeter

I would suggest that is a valid reason, as in their eyes you have already been through the process, were offered the job and decided it wasn't for you. They may not believe that you have a strong enough interest in what they do since you rejected them last time. They may also think you wouldn't accept this role at the end of the process as well. 

 All of the above is harsh, but that it almost certainly the reason. Open roles at companies usually get a ton of applications, this is one way of reducing the amount of applications to review.