Why wouldn’t it be legal? Illegal stuff is about discrimination against protected classes. So a “no dark skin” or “no people who need glasses” rule wouldn’t fly. But requiring all employees, regardless of ethnicity, religion, race, or gender, to wear a uniform, keep their hair out of their eyes, not wear make-up, etc. - that’s legal.
Take some time to figure out what you need to do to fix it. If you have color, did you strip it first?
They make wash in temporary “real” colors. This would buy you time to figure out how to fix it. Or, as others have suggested, cut it.
When I needed to remove my dark purple and resume being blond, I used the same steps Broomstick suggested: I bleached all the color out, then re-dyed it with a natural color. I did try 2 brands of dye removers and washing with dish detergent, but they didn’t work. Best of luck, and congrats on the new gig.
So I tried this stuff called “Color Oops Extra Strength Hair Color Remover” because several people I know says it works miracles. I followed the directions, kept it on the maximum time allowed, shampooed it out several times just like the directions said…and all it did wash make the colors even brighter.
Sonofabitch.
It is my understanding that, due to the nahployment crisis, long-haired freaky people are now encouraged to apply.
@Czarcasm, you’re retired, you’ve nobody to impress, and this is clearly not a career job for you. Go to work and let them fire you if that’s what they want. If a boss gets in your face about your hair, laugh at them and go home–nobody’s paying you to take an ass-chewing. They can figure out how to cover your shift. You’re not a little bitch here, don’t be one in the real world.
That stuff is advertised as “bleach-free and ammonia-free”. However, those are what you need; it is a three-step process of opening the cuticle, changing the colour, and closing the cuticle:
A book I read once upon a time had a figure for by how many % every such treatment decreases the strength of the hair. Too many coloring jobs will leave your hair too fragile and you will have to shave it all off…
Must be nice to be independently wealthy.
I think the question is it a company rule or just the supervisor"s additional rule?
Can a supervisor demand some employees follow a grooming rule that doesn’t apply to others when it’s a matter of aesthetics only?
This was my first thought. Or wear a wig while you’re at work, maybe?
I agree. If I ever get in that neighborhood I’ll let you know. But there are plenty of places that don’t care about your hair (which is an outward display of who you are), and won’t stress you about it and this gig already sounds like a soul grinder. Life’s too short to sacrifice your dignity, and it saddens me when it happens. But I shouldn’t lay my values on others. I guess cut it off. Or check a local vet and see if they need help in the kennels. At least the clientele are better. Best of luck (no snark smiley).
Might be a problem:
Good question - I am not an attorney so I can’t say for sure, but I would guess that a supervisor can demand pretty much whatever they want. Of course, if they demand things that are utterly ridiculous - “you must stand on this square and say the alphabet backwards every morning while hopping on one foot!” - then the supervisor is likely to get fired. But if they have rules that can be plausibly linked to job performance/company impression on customers, I’d be surprised if anyone in power would care as long as the work was getting done. And grooming rules plausibly relate to job performance, unless they are truly stupid like “you have to wear buttons with yellow stripes on Thursdays.”
You just need a big enough hat/wig. Something like what The Cat In The Hat or Chef Boyardee wears.
I’m sure he’ll conclude that our OP is a fine upstanding young man.
Who is the “him/he” you are talking about? I assume the supervisor in question is female:
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There’s a good chance that any permanent drugstore brown hair dye will cover up the other colors, at least enough to pass muster.
You can certainly try bleaching it out first with a peroxide-based product , but that stuff is pretty rough on your hair (and if you leave it in too long, your hair will break off - ask me how I know).
They’re just being silly and quoting the song “Signs,” where a similar hair-hiding escapade occurs. 
(I don’t recommends the OP calling the supervisor “some kind of sinner!”)
Yeah, I think he’ll do.
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You must lead a very sheltered life. Age discrimination is a very real thing, even though it is illegal. Between the fact that somebody’s the OP’s age is physically unable to do certain jobs, and adding in the fact that a lot of places are deeply unwilling to hire somebody the OP’s age, this particular mathematical equation comes up to the fact that it just isn’t very easy for such a person to find a job.