Today, more than ever establishing a Dress Code for your business today is not that simple! Styles have become increasingly more outlandish, but your business still has a professional image to uphold. We will discuss how to establish clear guidelines for employees, the reasons behind decisions for dress and how to be comfortable, yet professional. The session will provide practical guidance on how to create and implement legal policies on employees' clothing, jewelry, tattoos, grooming, and religious expression.

There are advantages for organizations to have a dress code so a certain image is projected. Organizational culture may play a role in developing a dress code that is appealing to employees, customers and clients. More and more though, the workplace has become more diverse and as a result other factors must be taken into consideration such as an employee’s gender, race, ethnicity, religion and disability.  In addition, safety in the workplace must be considered in setting dress code policies. Other issues such as tattoos, body piercings and hair styles must be addressed when dealing with the contemporary employee.

Course Objectives:

We will explore what is considered professional attire to cultural and generational preferences. We will discuss how to establish clear guidelines for employees, the reasons behind decisions for dress and how to be comfortable, yet professional.

Why Should You Attend:

Dress codes and appearance present sensitive issues for management when dealing with employees. By attending this training, attendees will learn how to develop policies that enhance the organization’s reputation while complying with equal opportunity laws and safety requirements of the workplace. Due to the increasing diversity in the workplace, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and disability have to be factored into dress code policy decisions. In addition, there are also positive reasons for dress code policies. These include professionalism, reputation as an organization and the creation of a team spirit. The employer also wants to create a work environment that fosters productivity for its employees. This webinar will train those having responsibility for dress and appearance codes how to develop policies that comply with legal requirements, consider employee preferences, develop enforcement standards and reasonably accommodate protected classes of employees.

Course Outline:

• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of formal, business casual and casual dress codes.
• Learn how to design a dress code policy.
• How to apply legal guidelines to developing dress code policies.
• Develop policies on employee tattoos and body piercings.
• Managers will understand the circumstances when they must modify dress code requirements for employees.
• Attendees will examine the importance of taking employee preferences into consideration when developing employee dress codes.
• Advantages and disadvantages of having workplace uniforms.

What You Get:

• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points

Who Will Benefit:

• Human Resource Professionals
• First line Supervisors and Management
• Recruiters and Employment Specialists
• Training and Learning Professionals
• Affirmative Action Officers
• Consultants and Business Owners
• Chief Human Resource Officers
• HR Directors and Managers
• Employment Managers
• Line Managers
• Training Directors
• Executive Team Members
• Business Owners