Does your office have a dress code? Relaxing the dress code for the summer, or when there are extreme variations in weather, can make a big impact on employee morale. And whatever your dress code, make sure it’s equal for men and women. England is currently experiencing a bit of a heat wave, and this call centre worker gained international attention for protesting his office’s dress code which forbid men from wearing shorts but allowed women to wear dresses.
Man sent home for wearing shorts to work comes back in a pink dress
Joey Barge, 20, from Buckinghamshire, turned up in a pair of smart blue shorts But bosses deemed them inappropriate despite the sweltering heat They sent him home – but he came back wearing a bright pink dress in ‘protest’ Act of defiance sparked a change in the rules which Joey branded a ‘partial win’ A defiant call centre worker who was sent home for wearing shorts to the office in this week’s heatwave came back wearing a bright pink dress as a ‘protest’ against the dress code.
