Employer Dress Codes changing for tattoos and piercing
>“‘Most people who don’t have counsel don’t realize what their rights are. They’re afraid to impose restrictions. You can be very stringent,’ Herculian said. If a dress code is put into writing and doesn’t discriminate between the sexes, it can be enforced legally, as long as employers are open to negotiating compromises for health or religious reasons.” Via AP
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October 22nd, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Interestingly, the army used to bar potential recruits from applying if they had exposed tattoos, but now they have backtracked because they are not meeting their quotas for recruitment, thanks to Iraq.
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