Tattoos, piercings, suggestive clothing, and other employee wardrobe choices can present sticky issues for employers. While companies generally have wide latitude to create and enforce their own dress codes within the workplace, they may face unexpected landmines if they don’t plan ahead and consider the implications of their dress codes policies, or lack thereof.
Extremely strict dress codes can inadvertently weed out potentially good employees. Employers can also find themselves in legal trouble if their dress codes could provoke gender, religious, or other discrimination claims.