Recourse under TAFEP Framework for Workers Facing Tattoo Discrimination

28 Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for Manpower whether workers who have experienced employment discrimination because of their tattoos can seek recourse under the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices framework.

Dr Tan See Leng: Such workers can, indeed, contact the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices for advice and assistance. Employers are required to abide by the principles of fair employment practices set out in the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, which include recruiting employees on the basis of merit. Employers are also permitted to consider in recruitment genuine and reasonable occupational requirements that make it difficult for those with tattoos to perform the job function.