Legal Question in Employment Law in California

She probably didn't wear enough "flair." But seriously, it's a private business and they can discriminate for any crazy reason they like as long as it's not based on one of the illegal reasons such as race, gender, age, etc.

Legal?? You need to understand reality. Nobody said life, or employment, was fair or had to be 'nice' to you.. Employees have the 'right' to pay and employee benefits per the law and company policy as agreed, to be provided a 'safe' workplace to minimize risk of injury, and sometimes are entitled to certain medical/pregnancy leave rights. That's about it. In general, unless an employee is civil service, in a union, or has a written employment contract, they are an 'at will' employee that can be disciplined or fired any time for any reason, with or without �cause� or explanation, other than for illegal discrimination, harassment or retaliation under the ADA disability, Civil Rights [age, race, sex, ethnic, religion, pregnancy, etc], Whistle-blower, or similar statutes. The employee's goal should be to keep the employer happy.