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Style police: more employers tighten up on appearance

Our latest research on the issue suggests employers are increasingly turning to formalised dress code policies - even including them in contracts of employment - as standards of appearance become more relaxed.


Key points

  • More than two-thirds (67%) of the dress code policies operated by our panel of respondents are included as regulations forming part of the employment contract, rather than informal guidelines: an increase of 15 percentage points compared with the results of the 2003 IRS survey of dress codes.