Fedex: Discrimination In The Workplace

There are different types of discrimination in a workplace that can cause lawsuits. Employers must be careful not to offend their employees based on religion, grooming, race, sex, or disability (Bethel University, 2017). The equal employment opportunity is to help employees, as well as employers to not cross any barriers that could do harm to them or others. FedEx is a company that works and deals with the public. The employees are the face of the company and can be judged on what they do and how they act. FedEx should take caution of their employees to set a good example of how to be professional and how to represent the company. Mr. Polk and others should be able to violate a grooming policy based on a religious proclamation on the sanctity of dreadlocks, because according to Bethel University (2017), equal employment opportunity is for any employee not to be discriminated for

Customers do not want to see employees with stained up shirts, wrinkled clothing, dirty faces, or have no professionalism. Customers want to have that security of clean, professional employees handling their items. According to Consistency Urged in Implementing Dress, Appearance Policies. (2011), FedEx workers wear uniforms because they want their employees to set the public image of being uniformity to relieve customer comfort levels. The uniforms are a symbol of who the employees are and what their job is. The uniforms give customer’s comfort knowing who is at their door or place of business. FedEx employees are all wearing the same uniforms to help cut down on discriminating or offending