151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People

59Addressing an Employee Who Won’t Dress the Part

Some companies have attempted to give employees more wardrobe freedom with “Casual Fridays,” but some employees became so lax that their companies canceled that exercise in relative sartorial freedom.

Assignment

Have an image consultant come in and offer employees tips on how to dress professionally. Make attendance voluntary.

Nationwide Insurance recently revised its dress code to ban midriff-baring tops, T-shirts, and flip-flops, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another large national insurance company has tightened up its dress code so much that even customer-service employees who never come face to face with the public aren’t allowed to wear sneakers on the job.

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