[lbo-talk] Image consultants strike again!

Tom Walker timework at telus.net
Wed Dec 29 07:36:25 PST 2004


Eubulides posted:

new frontiers of US labor law ...

>Moreover, he added, Harrah's policy "is far more stringent than simply

>asking female employees to wear some makeup. The policy essentially

>requires women to wear a uniform of makeup including at least mascara,

>blush, lipstick and foundation."

>He said that the company used an image consultant who photographed the

>women after they put on makeup and that the photograph was used as a daily

>standard to measure whether the female employee's appearance was up to

>snuff.

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20041227/029525.html

meanwhile, the US working class...... ...

>Cobb was the first in her family to get a college degree. When she was

>hired in June by HeavenSent Consultants Inc., she was thrust into the

>biggest job of her life. She had no experience in image consulting --

>giving clients advice about how to dress and look better. But as

>operations manager, she handles accounting and vendor relations and

>oversees the company's three staffers. On occasion, she also teaches a

>welfare-to-work class sponsored by the firm.

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