Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credits: 12:40 p.m., March 28, 2024
The deputies adopted a text to recognize and fight against “hair discrimination”, particularly at work, where certain employers ask their employees to hide their afro haircuts.
The National Assembly voted on Thursday at first reading a bill aimed at penalizing "hair discrimination", particularly at work, despite reservations about the usefulness of this initiative.
The text of the Guadeloupean deputy Olivier Serva (independent Liot group) was adopted by 44 votes to two, before being transmitted to the Senate where its future is uncertain. It aims in particular to prevent employers from forcing their employees to straighten their hair to hide their afro cuts, or to hide their braids and dreadlocks.
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