Can employers force you to work on your day off?

A question for employees/employers in the IT industry, a question about visible tattoos on the work force.?

• My buddy is just finishing up school for information technologies (Not sure what he's doing, software programming or website design or something like that) and he's getting a big tattoo on his neck. I figured that in the industry he's wanting to go into, visible tattoos would probably make it pretty difficult for him to find work. He figures it won't make much a difference, so my question is, is having visible tattoos (non-offensive obviously) a rare thing in the IT industry? As an employer would you hire somebody with one, or as an employee, do you work with anybody who has them? TL;DR - Is having a non-offensive visible tattoo going to make it difficult to find work in the information technologies industry?

• Answer:

  It really depends on the employer. Some don't care, some do. If they do they wont tell you why they didn't hire you, they just wont. ~ There is no requirement to tell a potential hire why they were rejected. If asked they will refuse to answer or simply say they hired a more qualified candidate. But I can tell you that the tats will definitely close doors to him especially with the more conservative, larger companies. Just the way it is. My 2 cents.