DRESS POLICY

XYZ Company is a professional organization whose success depends upon the energy, knowledge and attitude of our employees. These employee qualities are partly reflected in how we present ourselves to our customers and the general public. This policy statement addresses one key aspect of this presentation – our dress standards.

XYZ Company employees may wear business casual attire Monday through Thursday and casual attire on Fridays. Employees may dress in business attire, if they so choose, and should always dress in business attire whenever an occasion arises where this dress would be more appropriate (conferences, Board meetings, meetings with external customers presentations to external audiences, etc.)

To help clarify this policy, the chart below provides some examples of acceptable and unacceptable dress. This listing is not intended to be inclusive, but rather to provide employees with some additional guidelines to help implement this policy.

BUSINESS CASUAL (Monday – Thursday)CASUAL (Fridays only)

Similar to Business Casual but the following are also acceptable:

Casual Pants (such as Dockers)Jeans

Shirts with CollarsShorts

Skirts or jumpers (no more than three inches above the knee)Stirrup pants

Dress skortsLeggings

Blazers

Shirts and blouses

SandalsSneakers

Sleeveless shirts a minimum of 2” wide on the shoulderSleeveless shirts a minimum of 1” wide on shoulder

Capri Pants (Made of appropriate material)

Apparel with United Way logo

UNACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR ALL DAYS

Beach Shoes

Baseball caps/hats

Athletic Outfits/Jogging Suits

Spandex

Midriff/Tank/Halter/See-Through Tops

Clothes with tears, holes, or fraying edges

Cut-offs

Slippers

Clothes displaying offensive wording, slogans,

or pictures

Guiding Principles for UWBEC’S Dress Policy

This Dress Policy describes a general dress code for all XYZ Company employees. It does not define the full range of specific dress items that are acceptable and unacceptable. As a result, each employee and his/her Supervisor often will be responsible for reasonably interpreting and implementing the policy.

  • Professionalism: Does your clothing help present UWBEC as a professional organization with the highest quality standards?
  • Neatness: Are your clothes well maintained, appropriately pressed, tucked-in, etc.
  • Cleanliness: Are your clothes clean/unsoiled?
  • Audience-appropriateness: Are your clothes appropriate for the setting in which you will be meeting with customers, XYZ Company employees and others?

Naturally, these principles will be interpreted differently by each employee. It is the Supervisors responsibility to fairly and reasonably apply these criteria for each employee who reports to that Supervisor. In cases where an employee’s clothing might be inconsistent with the spirit and letter of this policy, the employee and Supervisor are to clarify appropriate dress in relation to these principles and then act accordingly. If an employee is in doubt about dress choices, our presentation as a premier organization will be well served if the employee errs on the side of dressing up rather than dressing down.