Short skirt and heels for work

antrobus

ultimatedingbat wrote: »

...In terms of uniform, a uniform must be unisex (as far as a I know), i.e. if men are allowed to wear trousers women would be also. Similarily if you had a man wanting to wear a skirt you could not prevent him under sex discrimination law.

No, unlawful sex discrimination is a case of less favourable treatment not one of different treatment.

Over at Personnel Today they say;

Providing both sexes are required to dress to the same degree of formality then neither is treated less favourably. The court will not look at the dress code garment by garment, but judge the overall standard required.

http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/30/12/2008/35233/Dress-code.htm

whilst the EHRC states;

Case law on dress codes has shown that it can be difficult to persuade the employment tribunal that a particular dress code treats one sex less favourably and many employees have lost their claims. It has been established that employers do not have to impose exactly the same dress code on men and women.

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/advice-and-guidance/your-rights/gender/sex-discrimination-your-rights-at-work/dress-codes/

There might be a case based on the argument that requiring female staff to dress like, well, (insert polite term for professional sex workers) on certain days, whilst not imposing similar requirements on the male staff was indeed discriminatory, but you'd have to see an employment lawyer about that one.

Cheeky_Monkey

GemBlueTopaz1984 wrote: »

She is a sweet lass and seems quite naive so I just wanted to see if they was any legislation with regards to work uniforms that could back up her argument.

If she's 'arguing' with her boss, she probably won't last long there anyway.

Nobody is forcing her to work there. If she's not that sort of girl then she should probably think about leaving

poet123

GemBlueTopaz1984 wrote: »

Thanks for all the responses, glad to see i'm not the only one that finds it abit tasteless. With regards to interview she said she didn't actually have one she was shopping in town with a friend that already worked there and they bumped into the boss who said if she was looking for work she could start that friday, she is only a young lass 18 I think and she is bonney looking, she has raised the issue at a staff meeting with the boss who told her that she had to wear it as thats what got the guys to come into the club. She is a sweet lass and seems quite naive so I just wanted to see if they was any legislation with regards to work uniforms that could back up her argument.

As he had nothing else to base his offer of a job on, it is clear he did so on looks, and the value of that to his business.

Savvy_Sue

OK, she can't wear tights on Saturdays, what about leggings? cycling shorts? Call me subversive ...

However, having said that, if she's not been there that long AND she needs to keep this job, she may want to consider how subversive she wants to be. But if she just needs a second job, I'd suggest she looks around elsewhere. After all, she has recent bar / waitressing experience now.

gibson123

I had a job very similar to this as a student and was also required to wear short skirt and heels, one night the boss was in with his mates and decided to put a hand up my skirt. I was carrying a tray with 6 pints of guinness on it. I resigned by pouring the pints over his head, to the cheers of a hen party who were also in, then turned smartly on my heels and marched out the door (only to sneak back 10 minutes later to pick up my bag and coat). The moral of the story being, the short skirt and heels goes with inappropriate touching, comments etc. and you have to decide how much you can put up with. If she is a youngish 18 year old, get her to steer clear, and get a bar job in a family restaurant.