Tattoos, Sandals, Yarmulkes, Dress and Appearance: Increasing Legal Challenges for Employees and Employers
OVERVIEW
From the length of one’s hair, to the number and location of
visible tattoos, to recognizing gender nonconformity style, to creating a
summer dress code in the workplace, employers
are facing an increased need to determine their organization’s culture and
policies, as well as following federal and state laws.
How does an organization balance employees’ rights to
express themselves with the organization’s rights to determine its legitimate
business needs while maintaining an inclusive work environment?
The pitfalls for employers are many. More businesses are likely
to face these issues especially now that research is confirming these types of
biases exist broadly across U.S workplaces. The
potential for organizational errors are plentiful.
Organizations expect employees to use sound judgment in their
dress and grooming, however, what if the employee’s sense of professional wear
and grooming varies from the organizations?
After all, types of self-expression have become more commonplace
with society demonstrating more acceptances in people’s choices of
self-expression-shouldn’t the workplace reflect this change in social rules
too? Religious dress, casual wear at work and dress that defies gender
stereotypes are the areas that are the most challenging for employers.
These issues and others will be discussed.
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| dress code discrimination at work |
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND
Dress Code in the workplace is receiving a fair amount of attention
in the courts these days. There have been a number of precedent setting
lawsuits dealing with dress codes’ requirements and how those requirements,
even inadvertently, discriminate against potential and current employees based
on their gender, religion, and race, to name a few.
It is critical that human resources professionals and managers
understand the importance of a discriminatory free dress code to ensure all job
candidates and employees are treated fairly and equitably.
AREAS COVERED
- To discuss legal issues surrounding appearance and
dress code in the workplace
- To list specific elements of a dress and appearance
policy
- To explore the role of unconscious bias and stereotypes
in discrimination through dress codes
- To identify prevention tactics to ensure employees are
judged by their performance and not by stereotypes
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- EEOC laws regarding dress code in the workplace
- Body art
- International dress
- National Labor Review Board’s take on dress
- What should be considered in writing your dress code?
- Religious dress
- Sex stereotyping dress
- Tattoos
- Political dress
WHO WILL BENEFIT
- Managers
- Directors
- Human Resources Generalists
- Supervisors
- Office Managers
- Owners
- Presidents
- HR Personnel
- Human Resources Professionals
- HR training Manager
- Investigative Officers
- Team Leads
- Directors
- Department Head
- Risk Management Director
- Safety Director
- Wellness program instructors
- Wellness program director and manager
- Wellness Committee members
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