Work Dress Codes and Image Collection

I went crazy writing dress codes for workplaces over the past year. I was regularly receiving questions about what to wear for business casual workplaces, so I developed several of those dress codes awhile ago. But the questions increased recently about casual dress codes which more employers, especially employers who don't host customers in their workplace, were asking me to define.

There is, indeed, a difference between business casual and casual. And, the more comfortably you allow your employees to dress, the happier they tend to be at work. Think about it. The less an employee needs to think about his or her attire for work when dressing in the morning, the better. You have removed a whole layer of stress from their lives.

Since I was defining casual and business casual, I added a formal dress code for the possibly unfortunate people who still need to dress to the nines. I am careful here, however, because many people still enjoy dressing up for work. And, there is some research that indicates that productivity suffers in more casual workplaces. Off to find it, and when I do, I will share it, because my experience differs. See my complete dress code and work image collection.

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