Can Displaying a Tattoo Be Considered Sexual Harassment?
You may have missed the news last week that Chattanooga City General Services Director Paul Page was suspended without pay and required to participate in a sensitivity and harassment prevention program.
Well, in case you didn’t see it, the story also mentioned that the employee who filed the complaint was also “required to participate in the city’s harassment prevention program” and “was instructed to follow proper procedures in a timely manner when reporting any type of harassment.”
A source close to the situation tells Chattarati that the reason for the employee’s required attendance was not outlined in written form. Instead, a City of Chattanooga administrator verbally informed the employee that she had to attend the program due to the fact that she had displayed a tattoo while at work last summer.
Our source tells us that the tattoo is on the employee’s upper back, and that the employee was wearing a tank top on the day in question because temperatures inside the office were exceedingly warm.
We’ll have more on this story as it becomes available…
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