Tattoos in the Workplace - Essay Example

There was no way for the employee to know the policy since there is not a written employee policy manual. This tea house business would be a good example of a business that could have a “no tattoo” policy since the waitresses tattoo seemed to make the customers uncomfortable; however, this needed to be a stated policy prior to the waitress getting a tattoo in order for her dismissal from her job to be legal. This is a case of discrimination. The waitress’s firing was unjustified and she should be entitled to unemployment and would have a discrimination case if she chose to pursue it.

Irrelevant Fact: In this example, so much attention paid to her boyfriend is irrelevant. The reason she got a tattoo and her outside influences are irrelevant. Her boyfriend hanging around her workplace is relevant enough to be included on her evaluation, which it was, but it really has nothing to do with the discrimination she encountered due to her tattoo nor did it have any bearing on her dismissal from her job. It is important to include as many details as possible when writing up legal cases and taking notes and then later evaluate what is relevant and what is not.

In this case, the meeting notes were written to include all the details, which is as it should be, but when determining the facts of the case, the issues with her boyfriend are not relevant and if the case were to proceed to court, these facts would not need to be included.