Tattoos at Work – level 3

27-09-2016 15:00

A concilation service warned employers that they could be missing out on top staff because they are rejecting candidates with tattoos. The conciliation service said that negative attitudes about visible tattoos are outdated.

A third of young people have a tattoo but some firms and individual managers are worried about the image the tattoo would give to potential customers or clients.

One tattoo artist said that he has all kinds of people coming to see him – MPs, doctors, lawyers, and policemen have visited him. All of them were aware that prejudice is out there regarding tattoos.

In October 2014, people sent home a trainee teacher from England on her first day at a Catholic school because of her tattoos.

Difficult words: conciliation service (a service which helps employers and employees solve problems), prejudice (an opinion which is not based on reason or actual experience).

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