Dreadlocks or Your Job…
On September 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that has caused a lot of interest in the EEO field. The decision, which you can read here, involved a suit brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of Chastity Jones, against Catastrophe Management Solutions (CMS), a claims processing company located in Mobile, Alabama, that provides customer service support to insurance companies. Ms. Jones, an African-American job applicant, received a job offer that was later rescinded by CMS,