Legal Opinion
MATTER OF PAGE AIRWAYS OF ALBANY, INC. v. New York State Div. of Human Rights
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1976PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum. Although the prohibitions against discrimination in employment based on sex extend not only to hiring but to conditions and privileges of employment as well (Executive Law, § 290 et seq.), we do not believe that an employer unlawfully discriminates when he establishes a reasonable grooming policy which may be said to differentiate between male and female. Employers, particularly those whose business involves contact with the public should be free to express and act upon a concern with the image which their employees communicate by their appearance and demeanor. There is no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eastern Greyhound Lines v. New York State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
3Cited by7 opinions
- Jacqueline Schiavo v. Marina District DevelopmentNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. New York State Division of Human RightsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Viscecchia v. Alrose Allegria LLCDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2015
- City of New York v. ColeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- BD. OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. ToungateTexas Supreme Court · 1998
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