Dress Code in the Workplace
Posted in : How do I handle it NI on 23 October 2017
Employment Team at Tughans
Tughans
I am the HR Manager of a chain of restaurants. I have recently received a complaint from a member of staff who claims that she was forced, by her Manager, to wear high heels as part of her uniform. She is a Waitress and there is no dress code in place in the business. How do I handle it?
Dress codes have attracted a lot of attention in the media recently and a recent report carried out by a government committee found that the existing law is not fully effective in protecting employees from discrimination at work and that inappropriate dress codes remain widespread. Indeed earlier this year, an online e-petition called on the government to make it unlawful for employers to require women to
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