She did what the job asked of her: showed up, proved she could braid hair, and cleared the skills test. Then, the story goes, the decision flipped the moment the owner learned she was pregnant.
That’s the core allegation behind a federal pregnancy discrimination case the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just resolved with Dallas Barber and Stylist College, Inc., a company that operates multiple barber and hair styling locations and instructional campuses in the Dallas metro area. The agency laid out the details in the original post announcing the settlement.
She passed the test, then the conversation changed
According to the EEOC, the applicant was seeking a hair braider position and satisfied the company’s skills test—basically the moment when a hiring process should get easier, not harder. The suit says that after she demonstrated she could do the work, the owner learned she was pregnant and rejected her anyway.
The reason, as described by the EEOC, wasn’t subtle. The owner allegedly told her the company already had one pregnant employee and didn’t want another. He also allegedly said he didn’t want to deal with her “condition,” referring to her pregnancy…