HR Compliance 2012 - Dress Codes for the Workplace - Legally Compliant Policies and Guidelines

This webinar on Workplace Dress Codes will discuss your reasons and rights as an employer to establish a dress code in your workplace and how to develop and adopt one that complements your business.

Why Should You Attend:

Establishing a Dress Code for your business today is not as simple as it once was. Before deciding on a formal dress code or updating your current one, the reasons and benefits should be explored so that your decisions can promote a professional, safe and comfortable environment that reflects your culture in a positive manner.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

- Reasons to have a Dress Code.

- Your rights as an employer to establish a dress code as a condition of employment.

- What to include in your dress code?

- Defining business, business casual and casual.

- Professionalism: customer contact positions.

- Morale and respect among coworkers.

- Safety: office and manufacturing positions.

- Uniforms and logo wear.

- Piercings, tattoos and hair.

- Perfume and cologne.

- Hygiene.

- Cultural and religious considerations and other exceptions.

- Younger generation's preference for informality.

- When companies have been taken to court about “dress”: - discrimination cases related to sex or gender, religion, or race?

- When does dress make a positive or negative impact on performance?

- Designing a policy which corresponds to your business.