18-year-old Logan McNicholas has been denied jobs at Holland and Barrett because of his tattoos, after the company claims it has ‘high standards of personal appearance’ and any body art needs to be covered up.
Logan, who lives in Manchester has a compass on his left hand and also the word that says "Stay True" on his knuckles.
Logan was invited to an interview and trial at the city centre store. After he had finished his trial,he was asked if there are ways he could hide his tattoo, but there was no definitive answer, so due to that the company won't be able to offer him the job.
Logan said he was left disappointed as he had no idea about the dressing policy as it was not written anywhere, including online or during the application process.
He said;
The feedback I got was that I did really well so to miss out on something like this makes it quite hard to take. They asked me if there was any way of covering them up and I said only by wearing gloves, which they said wouldn’t be appropriate.
I was serving customers and talking to staff during the trial and no one seemed to have a problem, far from it. To me, tattoos are art and once you have them done they are part of you so I don’t know why someone would take offence at them.
Logan father disagrees with Holland and Barrett bosses, he said;
If there is such a policy then why allow him to work for two hours with customers? Why not say so on the website during the application process?” Logan had just finished college and was looking for work, the position was only part-time but he had hoped that it could lead to something more.
Holland spokesperson responds to the issue at hand and said;
The first stage of our interview process invites candidates to visit the shop floor for a short time to experience working in a busy Holland & Barrett store, as was the case here.
Although we do not discriminate against tattoos, like most high-street retailers we do ask staff to observe high standards of personal appearance and dress, including covering tattoos when serving customers.
The candidate in question was informed of this when the manager determined that his tattoos could not be covered. We will ensure our staff are aware of company policy on dress, and that this is communicated consistently across the business to new candidates.
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