Sometimes employers like to tell workers what not to wear, and sometimes that’s OK. Most companies don’t want an employee wearing a T-shirt with an obscene slogan on it, or one who fails to wear his or her mandatory uniform. However, when it comes to other kinds of messaging on clothing, the National Labor Relations Board is helping to ensure employees can express themselves.
In a recent case, a car dealership was faulted for a dress code policy the NLRB deemed to be overly broad. The case underscores the perils of applying certain kinds of restrictions to employee dress, as well as the NLRB’s ongoing push to take employers to task for employee handbook policies.
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