The use of hair dye dates back to ancient Egypt when Rameses II used henna to accentuate his red hair. While the first synthetic hair colorant was not developed until 1907, altering one's hair has always been a popular means of self-expression. In fact, today, the global hair color market is valued at over $26 billion annually.

Unfortunately, not everyone is on board with changing hair color as a form of self-expression. In fact, over the years, there have been numerous stories of employers terminating or disciplining employees for dyeing their hair unnatural colors, and many company dress codes specifically address this issue.

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But is this legal? Let's pretend, for example, that Aiden is a delivery driver who recently showed up to work with blue hair. Aiden's employer immediately told him he had to dye his hair back to its normal brown or he would be terminated because Aiden is in a client-facing role and represents the company.

Now, Aiden isn't sure whether his boss has the legal right to fire him for his self-expression, and he doesn't want to change his...

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