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Summertime is here again, which means the temperature is heating up, which means that the office attire which tends to consist of suits, pencil skirts, tights and shirts becomes a little less popular and when you’re sat at your desk with a faulty air con system, the last thing you want to be wearing is office attire that clings to your body. If your employee’s workplace summer attire starts looking more like a day at the beach than a day at the office, it may be time to re-enforce your dress code. Because sat boiling in a sweaty office in full uniform or a heavy suit can’t be doing anybodies productivity any good. However, if you relax the dress code a little too much this could lead to employees turning up to in flip flops and a bikini with a cocktail in one hand and a lilo in the other. However there’s only so much information you can include in a dress code and some people could struggle to decide what is appropriate and what isn’t. So to help these confused employees here are a few rules which should help when deciding what to wear.
When it comes to how to address a dress code at work, it’s important to ensure a fair balance for everyone. If you want to implement a policy for summer, here are some key things to take into account.
Be consistent
Make sure when applying rules that it is the same rule for everyone, unless of course someone has a disability or can’t abide by the rules for religious reasons, and that way people will be more obliged to obey the rules.
Be clear on your reasons
Make sure all your employees know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, which is for their benefit to ensure that they are comfortable in the workplace, and that they’re not sat their overheating.
Remain neutral
Make sure that the rules apply to both genders and are not specific to just one because having a dress code is important to ensure your employees are comfortable as well as looking professional.
