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Paul, there may be reluctance to fork over policies for lack of
willingness to defend it if someone challenges it. This is a classic
case where if you have a short policy nobody's satisfied, but if you try
to get detailed you could go on forever. Fashion police!!! Seems like
human resources departments are stuck with trying to enforce a lot of
codes they would really rather not put in writing. They would like to
get some consensus and conformity without putting it down in black and
white.
We have a group of 25 or so managers that meet periodically. Every
year or so dress code comes up and is met with plenty of eye rolling and
chortling.
My staff can't match the threads that our high-flyin' lawyers wear.
It's not practical for the ones who move a lot of physical files. But
if a person wants to they can find functional clothes and shoes that
come close enough to business casual.
Gary L. Grieme
Records Manager
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Minneapolis, MN
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Sharon,
Thanks for the offer to "search and scan," but it's not necessary.
Responses on the listserv and off have been kind of interesting.
There
aren't a lot of policies coming forward and those that have come
forward
have very general "do" lists using words like "professional" or
"business casual" attire without any definitions or examples to
clarify
just what that means. A few policies list some "don'ts," which is
helpful.
I spent some years working for a national department store chain, and
our dress code was very, very specific. I'm surprised that there
seems
to be so little information about municipal/library/research room
dress
codes out there -- especially given the litigious and grievance-prone
nature of our society.
Still, the information I have received thus far is proving helpful. I
will share with the listserv what I collected in a day or two.
Paul
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