Dress Code

[andrewducker]

[Poll #845318]

Note - for "Veil" also read "crucifix" or any other religious paraphenalia. What with BA having told an employee she can't wear a cross.

Oh - and the final question should have ended with "as non-religious bases".

Comments

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Also note: health and safety issues may cut across voluntary issues. For example, it's reasonable for many businesses to require steel-toed safety boots and hard hats (or other protective gear), or for food preparation businesses to require hair to be covered or contained (to keep loose strands out of the product).

Indeed, in my misbegotten youth I worked in a situation where I had to wear a facial veil. (Okay, a disposable face mask, hair net, hood, terylene bunny suit .... you get the picture.)

I think it's necessary to distinguish between dress codes imposed for religious or social reasons and those relating to hygeine, health and safety, particulate control, and so on. And in the case of the first two, to distinguish between prescriptive ("you must wear X") and restrictive ("you may not wear Y").

[greengolux.livejournal.com]

Yes, at my workplace the health and safety code requires women who usually wear veils to remove their veil when they are operating a bunsen burner in the lab. For example.