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Gaming NewsFormer Harrah's Reno Bartender Loses Nevada High Court Appeal8 June 2004CARSON CITY, Nevada – As reported by the Associated Press: ``A former Harrah's Reno bartender lost Monday in efforts to get the Nevada Supreme Court to find that Harrah's erred in firing her for refusing to abide by a policy requiring women employees to wear makeup. ``The high court ruled against Darlene Jespersen, who was fired in August 2000 and now works as a greeter in a Reno store. Jespersen also filed a sex-discrimination case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. ``Jespersen, who worked at Harrah's for 21 years, maintained that wearing makeup should be a personal choice and had nothing to do with her job performance. She has said women "shouldn't be considered little tokens or dolls" and made "to put on masks." ``…In ruling against Jespersen, justices said she didn't claim that Harrah's promised to not enforce the makeup requirement for as long as she worked for the corporation, or promise that she could be dismissed only for good cause…" |