BHP Billiton fired Jim Felton for refusing to shave off his whiskers. Felton, who worked as an underground truck driver at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine in Australia, refused to shave off his goatee and moustache, saying it was his "personal attribute", but BHP said the fuzz had to come off because it has a policy for its employees to have clean-shaven faces to ensure their respiratory masks work properly.BHP had given him a number of warnings to shave, but Felton stood firm that it was his "liberty of right". Australia’s Fair Work Commission ruled BHP was in the right. Taking a stand for what you believe to be right is one thing but to lose a job because of a goatee, which, to be honest, is not as manly or worth defending as a full beard, seems to be taking it a bit too far.Twirly beard catches the …MAYBE BHP Billiton had a point in asking Felton to step away with his hirsute chin and top lip.British news sites have been running stories about how grubby beards are, with some citing a stud...
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