When Workers Dress Like It's A Day At The Park

“Summertime — and the living is easy,” as the song goes. Too bad maintaining a dress code in the workplace isn’t as simple.

Some businesses, particularly if they have a strict dress policy, relax their rules during the summer. Others that already allow business-casual attire don’t feel the need to loosen standards even more. But in either situation, employees may take it on themselves to make the dress code more casual by simply wearing more relaxing apparel to work during the summer — whether or not there’s an official policy in place.

While the weather is warm, here are four ways to ensure workers’ appearances match your organization’s expectations:

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