Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post

The free market corrects itself. Employees therefore don't have any legal protection for wearing kilts to work, wearing green mohawks, or getting facial tattoos if the employer doesn't like it. The employer has every right to determine a dress code because it's his business. He owns it, not the employee. I fail to see how that's "behind" in any way.
The "free market" has never corrected "itself". Over and over again the U.S. government has had to pass corrective legislation, introduce oversight, regulations and blatantly bail out whole industries. There are numerous protections for employees on the books concerning safety, fair wages, and the such so claiming that a business owner "has the right to do as they please' is fairly incorrect. Businesses in America are slowly being taken to task for their "we're the hand that feeds the world so don't mess with us" attitude. They have run rough-shod over their workers AND their customers for far too long.

A perfect example of the destructive power of what free markets without unions and proper oversight can and will do for profit simply look to the Upper Big Branch miners in West Virginia.

I understand that an issue of dress code and improper managerial conduct are small issues compared to the deaths of 29 highly skilled family members but corporate responsibility has to start somewhere. This stuff doesn't "correct itself". People step up and correct it. This is one of those situations where the right people do the right thing.

Just my 2.

John