facial hair?

wayunderpaid · Nov 19, 2007

It's true you can't be mask-fitted with facial hair. I had to be clean-shaven to be tested. Our policy is that during an event where we would need to wear N95/respitrators, workers with beards would be off work unpaid until they shaved and were able to wear the respirator.

This is not true at all where I work. They simply provide you with a mask that covers your whole head. (Look like a beekeeper:uhoh3:)

Do whatever you want as long as is clean.

Wayunderpaid

styRN · Nov 19, 2007

This is not true at all where I work. They simply provide you with a mask that covers your whole head. (Look like a beekeeper:uhoh3:)
Do whatever you want as long as is clean.
Wayunderpaid

I should have clarified: our policy is that if you can't pass the fit test during times where you need to wear N95/respirators, you are off work without pay. Since I couldn't pass my fit test with a beard, I would have to choose whether or not to keep the beard and be off work or shave and work. We only have a limited supply of full-hood respirators where I work, and since my failing my fit test was only because of the beard and not because of ant type of physical problem/anomoly like elephant man facial features, I wouldn't automatically be given the hood and could face being off without pay.

tiij · Nov 26, 2007

i went to work today with a mo. we have this thing in australia call movember.. blokes grow a mo in support of mens helth issues like depression and prostate cancer.. why should the pink ribbon get all the attention!

so i rock up today not with a handlebar mo like the guy off american chopper, but more of a 70's mo.. everyone hated it! i didnt get in trouble, they just said i was a bit of Media star.

where i work anthing pretty much goes as long as you act professional i think.

JONlvn-np2b · Dec 2, 2007

i wish i could grow a beard.