Rejected petition Make it illegal for employers to discriminate on non-offensive visible tattoos

In today’s society it is widely acceptable to have tattoos and may employers have no problem with this. For example the police are on the front line in front of all to see in our country and are to be highly respected and these fine men and women are allowed to show their tattoos. Time to change

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Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights".

Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "The right to communicate and express yourself in any medium, including words, pictures and actions".

Two of our Basic human rights that employers violate. Discrimination against Race, Gender, Age, Sexual Orientation & Disabilities have all been addressed, now we should address the discrimination of visible body art.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208567

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Date submitted 16 April 2018
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