January 25, 2008
So the city of Vaughan (just north of Toronto) is considering a dress code for its employees.
It wants to ban such things as flip-flops, jeans, shorts, tank and halter tops, bare chests, and so on.
Even headwear would be banned. Except, of course, for safety, religious or medical reasons. (We all know that fluorescent lights emit ultra-violet light and that that baseball cap will prevent those dangerous rays from straying into the eyes. A valid medical reason?)
Noticeably missing from the list are sandals (with or without socks), tight pants, transparent blouses and coloured underwear under white clothing.
And what about Don Cherry style jackets?
And who is going to enforce such a dress code? If managers are embarrassed now to tell an employee that their attire is not appropriate, are they going to be less embarrassed when there's a dress code? Do they call the police?
Since most municipal employees are union members, what will the unions say?
I'm sure lawyers are already lining up ready to challenge the code citing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Johnny Richards
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