Body Art. Any body art on to include but not limited to temporary tattoos, marker paintings, etc. are not allowed. Student will not be permitted to go the class until cleaned. 1
Body Art. Members of the bargaining unit who are engaged in any assignment that requires the member to wear summer Departmental uniform, i.e. short sleeve shirt, who display any visible body art, except for body art that shall be located on the member’s face, shall be supplied at the Department’s sole expense with a sufficient number of long sleeve tropical shirts and/or cosmetic make-up to cover the displayed body art. Members who must wear the long sleeve tropical shirts as described herein shall NOT be required to wear a neck tie while wearing the long sleeve tropical shirt.
Body Art. For purpose of this policy, body art is considered to include, but is not limited to, tattoos, scarification and branding.
Body Art. 19.12.1 For the purposes of this section “body art” is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. It includes permanent tattoos, temporary tattoos, scarification, branding, scalpelling, full body tattoo, and body painting.
19.12.2 The intent of this section and/or related policies pertaining to employee appearance is to discourage employees from visible body art in any form and to request that all employees voluntarily refrain. Body art that is determined to be impermissible based on the criteria listed below in Section 19.11.3 shall be removed at the cost of the employee.
19.12.3 Body art is permitted so long as all of the following conditions are met:
(a) Body art anywhere on the head, xxxx, xxxx, or hands is prohibited; And
(b) Body art that is extremist, indecent, sexist, or racist (as defined below) is prohibited, regardless of location on the body, as it is prejudicial to good order and discipline.
i. Extremist body art is defined as that affiliated with, depicting, or symbolizing extremist philosophies, organizations, or activities. Extremist philosophies, organizations, and activities are those which advocate racial, gender or ethnic hatred or intolerance; advocate, create, or engage in illegal discrimination based on race, color, gender, ethnicity, religion, or national origin; or advocate violence or other unlawful means of depriving individual rights under the U.S. Constitution, Federal, or California law;
ii. Indecent body art is that which is grossly offensive to modesty, decency, or propriety; shocks the moral sense because of its vulgar, filthy, or disgusting nature or tendency to incite lustful thought; or tends reasonably to corrupt morals or incite libidinous thoughts.
iii. Sexist body art is that which advocates a philosophy that degrades or demeans a person based on gender, but that may not meet the same definition of “indecent.”
iv. Racist body art is that which advocates a philosophy that degrades or demeans a person based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.
19.12.4 The Fire Chief shall be the final authority on body art approvals. However, the grievance procedure outlined in this contract may be used up to level II only for the purposes of a fair review.
