Can I Terminate For A Tattoo?

 Striking a balance between the personal liberties of the employee and the inherent right of the employer to protect his commercial interest by contractually regulating the behavioural conduct of the employee is a topical issue globally. A continuous is the ability to determine the extent to which the employer can validly encroach into the privacy of the employee or subject the employee to uncompromising rules on dressing and grooming, in a bid to protect his business interests.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) was recently confronted with the task of locating this balance, on the back of a case brought before it whereby an employee was disengaged for having a tattoo.