HR Chat: Hairstyles

As your employees return after the weekend, you notice that one of your employees has a new hairstyle.  They have decided to dye their hair blue, which violates your employee handbook which requires employees to have a natural hair color. 

You have a conversation with the employee, and they refuse to change their hair color back to a natural color.  They are one of the best employees that you have on staff, and you don’t want to lose them, but you need to be consistent with your employee handbook.  Without terminating the employee, what options do you have to stay consistent? And is it even legal to ask an employee to change their hair style?

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