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Casino Bartender Fired after Refusing to Wear Makeup

Darlene Jespersen, 44, who was fired in August after 21 years with Harrah's, said she has never worn makeup but has always been well-groomed and clean.

"I was humiliated," she told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "I was good enough to do my job as a bartender for 18, 19 years and suddenly I wasn't good enough to do my job anymore because I refused to look like a clown.

"And I wonder, is it because I wasn't pretty enough or too old? I just know that if I were a man, this would be a non-issue ... This is about (women's) civil rights."

Harrah's spokesman Gary Thompson declined comment on Jespersen's dismissal, citing her right to privacy.

But he defended the policy, saying customers expect female employees to look good and wear makeup.

"It is one of the expectations in our culture," he said. "Women have traditionally worn makeup. I've been around women all my life. I've not seen many women who did not know how to wear makeup."

The new appearance guidelines require women to wear teased, curled or styled hair, solid black leather shoes and makeup - defined as foundation or face powder, blush, mascara and lipstick.

The new policy also forbids male employees to wear ponytails or hair below the top of shirt collars…”

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