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Online dress codes for avatars should be enforced by employers

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Employers should enforce online dress codes for avatars used by thei

Union members back motion on workplace high heels

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:31:00 GMT

Union members have been labelled "killjoys" after delegates at the TUC conference backed a motion calling on employers to carry out risk assessments on women we

Office dress codes should be relaxed as UK heatwave, says TUC

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:00 GMT

The TUC has today urged employers to relax office dress codes and cool down their overheating offices, to make work more "bearable for staff" in the high temperatures. The union believes that the best way for staff to keep

Teachers strike to support colleague sacked over dress code

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:31:00 GMT

A row over what teachers wear has escalated into a strike at an east London school. Adrian Swain, 56, was fired in December from St Paul's Way Community School in Tower Hamlets after he refused to stop wearing trainers and

British Airways crucifix row reignited by employee appeal

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:01:00 GMT

A devout Christian who was put on unpaid leave in October 2006 when she refused to hide or remove a crucifix while working at Heathrow Airport has appealed against an employment tribunal ruling that found British Airways not guilty of reli

Dress and behaviour code bans colourful nails and personal mobile phone use at Norfolk Police

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:20:00 GMT

Police have been banned from putting their hands in their pockets or using personal mobile phones in public as part of a new clampdown. A dress and behaviour guide issued by Norfolk Police also requests police wear long-sle

Casual dress codes favoured by UK employees

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Nine in 10 employees feel wearing a suit does nothing to make you look smart, and are increasingly turning to a casual dress code<

Postie redirected by police after getting short shrift over trouser blunder

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:56:00 GMT

A postman was forced home by his employer, the Royal Mail, after he failed to follow the dress code and pitched up to work wearing the wrong s

Cross-wearing BA check-in woman accuses airline of ‘culture of hostility’ to Christianity

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:20:00 GMT

A British Airways check-in clerk who was suspended for refusing to conceal a small crucifix on a necklace at her post at Heathrow Airport has accused her employers of having a "culture of hostility" to Christianity at an employment tribuna

Muslim job applicant to sue Wedge hair salon for religious discrimination for wearing headscarf

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:23:00 GMT

A Muslim woman is suing the owner of a London hair salon for