Italian Police Found Guilty of Discrimination over Skirt-Level Tattoo
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The floral motif on the lower leg cost the candidate her place in the selection process and raised the issue of discrimination against women.
Italian police found guilty of discrimination over skirt-level tattoo
An Italian woman applying to be a police officer was rejected because a tattoo on her calf was visible below skirt-level. She took her case to the European Court of Justice - and it ruled in her favour
The Advocate General of the Court today published the conclusions preceding the judgment: imposing a specific uniform on the basis of gender is discriminatory.
It is discriminatory against women, within the procedure of access to Italian police forces, the rule prohibiting visible tattoos and imposes the obligation to wear a specific uniform on the basis of gender. It is stated by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Tamara Ćapeta in the conclusions preceding the judgment of the Court itself. [...] The article "Discriminatory against women the prohibition of tattoos in the competition …
The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice ruled that the prohibition of visible tattoos combined with the obligation for women to wear skirts in Italian Police ceremonies constitutes a gender discrimination. The case concerns the exclusion of a candidate because of a tattoo that would have remained hidden, if he had worn trousers
Italian police's tattoo ban is discriminatory says EU Court Advocate General - General News
The rule banning Italian police officers from having visible tattoos is discriminatory, according to Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Tamara Ćapeta in an opinion on an Italian woman who was excluded from a police officer recruitment exam b... (ANSA)
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