On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:13:34 -0500, Jim Yanik
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote in
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:44:29 -0500, Jeffrey Angus
wrote:

On 9/12/2011 1:31 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
The standard joke is that the only legal way to
interview a prospective employee is over the telephone.

How do you interview a guy who stutters then?
Jeff

Easy. By cell phone or with my VoIP phone (w/o QoS). Either will
make everyone sound like they were gargling ball bearings. The
stutter would never be noticed.

The problem with such ordinances is that they are being interpreted as
the employer is not allowed to discriminate on ANY basis. Also,
"appearance discrimination" is being interpreted as a form of racial
discriminiation". Tattoos are just a minor part of the mess. To the
best of my limited knowledge, there have been no judgements solely
involving tattoos in Santa Cruz, yet.

Drivel: Military Tattoo Policy Summary:
http://www.atlantictattooremoval.com/military_tattoo_policies.html

the solution is to relocate your business OUT of Santa Cruz.
move back to America.

Actually, the functional solution was for me to not have any
employees. While it effectively prevented me from expanding my
business while the economy was still functional, it also avoided many
of the socialist pitfalls that such laws tend to attract. Other than
the local government and ever present homeless bums, I like Santa Cruz
very much.

I had a conversation with a local appellate court judge yesterday. He
indicated that he's heard no cases involving "appearance
discrimination" since the law was enacted. No clue on how many cases
were heard by the lower courts, or settled out of court. Digging
through LexisNexis and LexisWeb, I found that there had been some
cases in other municipalities that have similar ordinances. None
looked particularly frivolous and seemed justified, such as expelling
a nursing school student for being too fat. I couldn't find anything
involving tattoos.

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Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558