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Perspective

Oct. 26, 2013

Overly broad dress codes haunt employers

With Halloween approaching, employers may wonder if they can regulate what employees may wear at work. By Eli Kantor


By Eli Kantor


With Halloween approaching, employers may wonder if they can regulate what employees may wear at work. What is wrong with an employer's dress code that prohibits clothing that displays obscene phrases or images, which may be racially, sexually or otherwise offensive? Or clothing that displays words or images that are derogatory to the company? According to the National Labor Relations Board, such a dress code is overly broad and interferes with ...

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