Workplace Dress a Hot Topic as Weather Warms

No Flip Flops Allowed: With summertime around the corner, companies once again will have to begin reinforcing dress-code policies. The Association of Corporate Counsel and its training partner, WeComply, are offering companies a free two-minute phone message on the dos and don’ts of workplace attire. Organizations can participate in two ways. They could have their employees call a dedicated toll-free number to hear a standardized message about policies and expectations, or they could pay an extra fee to tailor the message to specific rules on appropriate dress. The two-minute message contains information that is fairly common for companies. For instance, employees are counseled to shun typical summer items such as flip-flops, “see-through or tight-fitting” garments, or other clothing they might wear to “the gym, the beach or to clean the garage.” At the conclusion, callers are prompted to take a quick quiz in which they have to select violations of dress code from a series of hypothetical scenarios.