Yup. Now you know why I don’t have any tattoos.
I disagree; This line of reasoning works fine.
Because , unlike a tattoo…if the letters on your locket violates company rules, there is a very simple solution: *you can remove the locket *.
Your boss has made a rule. You may not like the rule— But you can obey it.
If you have a visible tattoo, you cannot obey the rule, even if you want to.
Sure you can. Unless you’re a stripper.
That’s not the issue they’re discussing.
I call bullshit on the firing. I tend to side with worker rights in most cases.
To me, a tattoo is different from a hairstyle or a beard or clothing because its essentially permanent. I have few objections to employers wanting a certain style for their employees, but I think large discretion should be given to tattoos even though personally, I hate them and would never get one. Unless its vulgar or something like that, I don’t think people should discriminate against the inked, even if they get it after they are hired. I don’t believe one should be able to put into a contract that one cannot get a tattoo after hiring.
There’s no reason that tattoo can’t be covered up with a nude-colored, opaque stocking. If she’s not even trying to comply, she deserves to be fired. I think it’s silly in this day and age to make a big deal of tattoos - they’re pretty ubiquitous now. But she could easily accommodate the job’s demands, and she isn’t.
I’d also guess that there is more here going on.
Client doesn’t like tattoo - with a stellar employee, you placate the client and speak to her "when at Acme, you need to make sure your tattoo is covered. In fact, it isn’t a bad idea to cover your tat during client meetings - we want to present a professional image - and your clothing does a great job of that, but the tattoo doesn’t to our more conservative clients. " And/or you move her onto a different account.
I hired two people with tattoos last year - I didn’t know during the interview that either of them had tats because both of them had the sense God gave them to cover them up when applying for a corporate job.