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Should employers fire staff just because they wear tatoo
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29211526
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28758900
i don't think so as been to many stores like the apple shop and game shop and some super market were staff clearly;y wearing a tattoo and their boss are fine with it so me i think its wrong to be fired on grounds of wearing a tattoo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28758900
i don't think so as been to many stores like the apple shop and game shop and some super market were staff clearly;y wearing a tattoo and their boss are fine with it so me i think its wrong to be fired on grounds of wearing a tattoo
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I think it would depend on what the tattoo was as well. Some employers might have issues with say a tattoo of a willy or something of that nature if they're in a school or something.
Edit: I realise those were not the circumstances in your stories. Had a look at those tattoos though and some of them are beautiful. Except for the one with the face. That's just creepy.
You don't want me as PM if you have a tattoo. ;-)
So if you worked in a bank on the counter and you had a whole face tattoo you think it would be unreasonable to be fired?
Like lots of people have tattoos of Willis??
Also, I think people are asking for trouble if they're got a job, such as teaching, which requires a certain standard of decorum and then start posting stuff on social media sites which shows them getting up to wacky stuff.
It probably is a little unfair but some jobs, such as teaching, require the employee to retain the respect of the kids and if you're doing stuff which diminishes that respect you shouldn't be surprised if punitive action is taken.
I'll be back with more...
In these times I'm surprised that people don't think that potential employers won't check them out on social media.
It was an extreme example, but you get the point I'm trying to make. Along with swear words or that kind of thing. Anything offensive.
But, tattoos are becoming more socially acceptable as the years go by. When I worked in Safeway many years ago, You couldn't have any on display - ie, arms covered. You see them on shop peoples arms all the time now.
As far as im concerned, what I do out of hours when I am not getting paid in exchange for work, its got bugger all to do with my employer what I get up to, so long as what I do doesn't directly put the company into disrepute (ie wearing something with the company name on while doing something stupid) or cause problems when I return (Ie cant function because Im too hungover)
And besides, my social media is not open to non-friends
Digressing a little, I know the number thing as 18 (1 = A, 8 = H for Adolf Hitler), which is where combat 18 got its name?
I think that the bit in bold is one of the reasons why employers check social media in the first place, which is fair enough, they've got a reputation to upkeep. And to check if your details like where you live etc. are correct. But you're right, things like relationships etc on social media wouldn't concern them.
On that i don't know and personally cant be bothered to find out
However I don't think that anyone with a tattoo (or three) should suffer discrimiation. It's a valid way of expressing an art form, and one of my former male colleagues had a beautiful sleeve design.
Bruce Willis?
I do find the idea of what is "offensive" and what isn't hysterical though. I imagine some jobsworth coming with a clipboard to take notes on your tats in great detail.
That's probably fine in most jobs but if you are, say, a teacher and you're tasked with convincing a bunch of kids that they shouldn't be glue-sniffing or vandalising old buildings at the weekends, it's not going to do your credibility much good if those kids can all look at your twitbook and see that you spent the weekend going "urban exploring" or blind-drunk.
In the case of tattoos, I suppose the concern is that if a kid shows up at school with green hair it might hurt your credibility, when you have to chastise them, if the kid knows you've been showing off a honking great leg tattoo on twitbook.
Course, it could work to your advantage if you could point out that even though you are a bit of an individualist, you still manage to adhere to the school's standards when you're there but I suppose the worry is that kids won't quite grasp that concept, especially if it suits them to ignore it.
Completely agree.
In many roles, it may not make any difference, and they may end up missing out on having an excellent employee - but banning employers from 'discriminating' on such grounds would be nonsense.
Try googling Duncan Black's new tattoo
Actually, don't as most results will probably be NSFW on account of him working in porn