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June 2023

Do People With Tattoos Have Equal Opportunities In The Labour Market?

1Agnė Šimkienė, 2Pavel Bankovskij
1,2Faculty of Business Management, Vilniaus kolegija/Higher Education Institution, Lithuania
DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijirme.2023.v2i6n01

Abstract

The article focuses on the theoretical analysis of discrimination and the situation of equal opportunities in the labour market among people with tattoos. The aim of the research is to identify the situation of equitable engagement in the labour market for individuals with tattoos. The paper presents the results of a quantitative study. The data analysis showed that respondents indicated that they had been discriminated against 1-2 times and 2% indicated that they had been discriminated against more than a few times at work because of their tattoos. Other aspects of equal opportunities presented in this paper.

Keywords:

people with tattoos; discrimination in the workplace; equal opportunities; labour market.

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