Handling Sensitive Dress Code Issues without Getting Sued

Why Should You Attend:

• Can you require an employee to hide her tattoos?
• Can you legally require an employee to take out their tongue ring during work hours?
• Does a dress code mandating facial hair and other grooming policies invite a race discrimination claim?
• Can an employee legitimately dispute a no-smoking policy?

Today, plaintiffs are using traditional discrimination concepts to push the envelope in making claims of lifestyle discrimination based upon sexual orientation, gender-identity, physical appearance, pornography, piercings, tattoos, smoking and other borderline privacy/personal issues.

A server at a restaurant was fired because of the tattoos on his wrists, and he was eventually rewarded with $150,000 in damages.

Employers must find a happy medium between requiring appropriate dress among your employees and respecting their legal rights. It is critical to establish a balance between conservative workers who favor more formal business attire and those who want the freedom to wear their lifestyle choices.
Attend this Webinar to understand how to implement/change a dress code policy or how to make process so as to spend less time on dress-code-related problems.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• How to Change Your Company Dress Code (or institute one) Without Causing a Revolt.
• Exactly What to Say to a Smelly Employee.
• How to Handle Provocative Clothing (and what word not to use).
• Where Dress Codes and Discrimination Claims Meet (and how to avoid them).
• How Far You Can Go in Prohibiting Offensive Slogans on Workers’ Clothes.
• How to Deal with Transgender Dress-Related Issues.
• Where the Legal Line is Drawn When You Have Separate Dress Codes for Men and Women.
• How to Tailor Your Dress Code to Fit Workers in Different Types of Jobs-- From the Warehouse to the Corner Office.
• Details You Should Include in Your Written Appearance Policies.
• How to Effectively Communicate Your Dress Code Expectations to Workers.
• Dealing with Employees Who Consistently Push the Dress Code Envelope.

Who Will Benefit:

HR professionals, particularly those who are either in the process of implementing/changing a dress code policy or who is spending too much time on dress-code-related problems.

• Human Resource Professionals
• Employee Relations Professionals
• HR Administrators

Greg Chartier
Principal, HRinfo4u

Dr. Chartier is the Principal of HRinfo4u, a human resource consulting firm and a well-known educator and speaker. As a consultant, he works with organizations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their human resource function. He has worked extensively in designing, developing and implementing human resource program, procedures and systems for smaller and mid-size firms up and down the Hudson Valley.

Greg is a thought provoking professional speaker and his wisdom and insights into management and leadership make him an electrifying speaker and seminar leader. His seminars are customized to reinforce company mission, vision, values and culture and the content is practical for team leaders, managers, supervisors and executives alike.

Dr. Chartier has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, an MBA in Finance and a PhD in Human Resources. He is a National Member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is certified by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) as well as a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) by SHRM.

He served on the Board of the local SHRM Chapter, the Westchester Human Resources Management Association (WHRMA), as the Treasurer for nine years. In addition, Greg served on the Board of the Business Council of Westchester in a variety of capacities and continues his service as the Chair of the Human Resources Council. Dr. Chartier also serves on the Board of the Child Care Council of Westchester.

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