The Law Society Gazette reports that magic circle firm Linklaters has adopted a ‘black hair code’ to protect staff who come to work with Afro-hairstyles such as braids, cornrows, twists and afros.
The firm has added the hair code to its dress code policy in order to ‘explicitly protect’ black staff with natural hair and protective hairstyles. While hair is a protected racial characteristic under the Equalities Act 2010, Linklaters said hair discrimination remains a source of racial injustice for black people in the UK.
The hair code was developed by the Halo Collective, an organisation that works with employers to tackle hair discrimination. The ‘Halo Code’ celebrates ‘Afro-textured hair worn in all styles including, but not limited to, Afros, locs, twists, braids, cornrows, fades, hair straightened through the application of heat or chemicals, weaves, wigs, headscarves, and wraps’.
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