Tattoos at work: These Swiss companies allow body art

Ellen * can not become an air hostess because of a small tattoo on her forearm. It's the dream of his life, reports Radio Energy on Monday. For the ink drawing of the airlines is a non-go.

Tattoos are at least a reason for the rules in other companies. At SBB tattoos must be covered. These are the rules of CFF's uniform wearing, confirmed media spokesman Oli Dischoe at BLICK. No stipulation should be observed by employees who work without contact with the client

The essential is hidden

Banks feel the same, as shown by a survey of SRF. Neither UBS nor Credit Suisse nor Raiffeisen prohibit employees from being tattooed. But who has the customer contact, banks expect a neat appearance. Usually, this means that tattoos should not be seen.

At Coop, tattoos are not an essential criterion when hiring – with one exception. "A tattoo on the face or neck with inhuman or obscene content would not be tolerated at Coop," media spokeswoman Alena Kress told "nau.ch". The competitor Migros allows tattoos as long as there is little and subtly. In case of doubt, the supervisor decides

Armstrümpfe against tattoos

The Zurich City Police also introduced rules a few years ago – because more and more future police officers with behavioral problems of tattoo came to them. In general, tattoos should be covered in the service, said a media spokeswoman at Tages-Anzeiger. If only small pieces are visible, that's the boss's decision. And like Coop, the police also put a limit on some motives.

Those who work for the police for some time may benefit from a waiver. These officers may cover otherwise visible tattoos with flesh-colored stockings. Similar regulations are known by other police forces. (jfr)

Published 23.07.2018 | Updated at 18:32