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Subject:Re: Interview from hell -- question From:Layna Andersen <laynaa -at- CARECOMPUTER -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:07:02 +0000
> This all began with the account of a person who was applying for a job,
> presenting for interview with unacceptable hygiene habits.
>
> Here's my question: How do you handle a situation with a person with
> unacceptable hygiene? Not based on a disability or other issue, but just
> someone who won't bathe and change clothes daily?
>
> Can such a person DEMAND to be hired BECAUSE they can claim discrimination
> because gee golly they don't feel like taking a bath?
No, of course not. I don't know of any state that forbids discrimination against
people who smell!
