Once\nupon a time, dressing casually was a treat granted to employees once a week at\nmost. Casual Friday became a trend in the \u201890s; nowadays, more and more\ncompanies are instituting a full-time casual dress code, with exceptions being\nmade for important client visits or off-site meetings. Like it or not, the only\nplace you are likely to see workers dressed in suits, ties, and polished shoes\nis on \u201cLeave it to Beaver\u201d reruns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As\nwith many trends in the workplace, the move toward casual attire in the office\nevery day of the week can be attributed to younger people in the workplace \u2013\nboth Millennials and their next-generation twentysomething counterparts,\nGeneration Z. According to the Society for Human Resource Management\u2019s 2018\nEmployee Benefits report, about half of all organizations responding to last\nyear\u2019s survey have instituted casual dress codes for every day of the week, an\nincrease of six percent over 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Facebook\nfounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg gets a lot of credit for this. Millennials have\ngrown up watching Zuckerberg and other tech and creative business leaders show\nup for work each day in t-shirts and jeans \u2013 and they like it, viewing the\nflexibility a casual dress code offers as an opportunity to show off their\npersonality and flair. Millennials and Gen Z\u2019ers value comfort and contribution\nover pomp and presentation. The trend has shifted so drastically that one\nwell-known company, Airbnb, has gone in the other direction and instituted\nFormal Fridays, giving their employees the option of dressing up \u2013 instead of\ndown \u2013 on Fridays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many\nview formal attire as an outdated concept that promotes a sense of structural\ncorporate hierarchy through dress. A casual dress code, by contrast, is seen as\nan embrace of innovation and entrepreneurship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If\nyou haven\u2019t yet instituted a casual dress policy in your office but are\nconsidering it, there are a few things to keep in mind. For starters, make it\nclear that not everybody is required to dress down. A casual policy is meant to\nprovide employees with an opportunity to wear clothes that make them\ncomfortable. For some that will be jeans, while others might stick to more\nformal khakis or modest skirts. It\u2019s also important to establish clear rules so\nemployees don\u2019t take advantage of a more lenient dress code. Make sure to draw\nthe line at inappropriate clothing (i.e., ripped or baggy jeans, shorts,\nflip-flops, tank tops, revealing attire). Make your policy as clear and\nspecific as possible so there are no misunderstandings and communicate it to\nall employees in writing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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