LANSING, Mich. (AP) - County employees in Michigan’s capital area can wear hair any way they want.
Ingham County commissioners gave protections to workers who wear their hair naturally or in protective styles like braids, weaves, locks and Senegalese twists, the Lansing State Journal reported.
“Ingham County will be on the forefront of these issues, and this is another example of how we’ve been leading not just the region but the state on racial justice and equity issues,” Commissioner Derrell Slaughter said.
The resolution approved Tuesday cited a study that found Black women faced higher rates of hair discrimination than any other gender or race.
The new policy doesn’t extend to other employers, public or private, in Ingham County. State Rep. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, is sponsoring a statewide bill in the Legislature.
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