Mark Fijman

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633 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2011 last heard Jan 2012

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In certain scenarios, restrictions on on tattoos in the workplace uh could constitute a violation of Title Seven of the Civil Rights Act of nineteen sixty four and and could constitute a claim of religious discrimination.
Um there was a good example of this uh in a recent lawsuit that was uh filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission uh against the Red Robin Gourmet Burger Chain.
And uh and I think that illustrates um you know, a lot of the issues involved.
Uh
Again, it depends on the tattoo, but I'm gonna say uh working on your assumption uh that it's like a gang tattoo
Absolutely.
That can be the basis that can be the basis not to hire somebody.
Uh there's no
There's no protected class of of tattoos or tattooed uh tattooed people.
It's only when uh the tattoo crosses the border into the area of of a religious practice is when it really um really becomes an issue for employers.
And and that that was the case in the uh
the the Red Robin case, there was a um
fella who was hired as a server.
And he followed uh an ancient religion that required him to get these
uh tattoos
around his wrists which contain liturgical verses of some sort.
And and I've seen pictures of 'em, you know, very very unobtrusive, not really a a big deal.
And according to his religion.
he was not allowed to cover these up.
Well, he get he gets hired at Red Robin.
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