Makeup Or Move Out

When Harrah’s Casino in Reno required one of its best bartenders at its sports bar to wear makeup, stockings, nail polish and to have teased, curled or styled hair, it was just too much for Darlene Jespersen to take. Harrah’s had implemented its “beverage department image transformation” program at 20 of its locations requiring the female beverage servers, among other things, to wear “foundation/concealer and/or face powder, blush, mascara and lip color. At the same time, the male beverage servers were prohibited from wearing make-up or nail polish and they were required to maintain short haircuts and neatly trimmed fingernails.