Tatoos are Important in Corporate America

Tattoos are important in corporate America.

Many tattooed people think that they are protected by their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. Unfortunately, this is not true in the workplace.

Corporations have every right to discriminate against "optional" appearance-related traits, and many large corporations ban long hair, beards and visible tattoos.

As a corporate manager myself, I've seen that hiding a tattoo is not enough. I've seen cases where an employee reveals a tattoo at a company softball game to the horror and disgust of their manager, who, in turn, find other reasons to terminate the employee. If you live in an employment "at will" state, remember that you can be fired for no reason at all.

First Amendment Freedom of Expression and Tattoo laws

This article titled "Body art in the workplace" confirms that companies have a constitutional right to ban employees with tattoos:

Companies can limit employees' personal expression on the job as long as they do not impinge on their civil liberties. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), employers are allowed to impose dress codes and appearance policies as long as they do not discriminate or hinder a person's race, color, religion, age, national origin, or gender.

There is a strong legal basis for discriminating against the tattooed, especially if the employers fears that having tattooed employees might hurt their professional image:

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