Dress Policy

Purpose

The University expects that employees’ appearance, personal hygiene, and dress will be professional, neat, clean and appropriate to the function they perform at the university. More specific guidelines or rules may be established by department heads when they are necessary based on the nature of the work.

Guidelines

1. Departmental Regulations: employees are required to comply with departmental dress regulations for their respective positions. Failure to do so will result in corrective discipline.

2. Health & Safety Regulations: some departments have established specific practices that may require wearing uniforms or items of protective clothing and equipment. In addition, certain articles, such as types of jewelry, may be prohibited because of the nature of the work or to satisfy certain health, safety, and other regulations.

3. The following articles of clothing are deemed to be inappropriate business attire:

   1. Revealing, provocative, exceedingly tight or sheer clothing

   2. Shorts, leggings, and jeans (if bleached, dyed, torn or extremely worn)

   3. Athletic wear including jogging or warm up suits, sneakers, baseball caps, etc.

   4. Torn or ripped clothing

   5. Logo tee-shirts

   6. Beach shoes/flip-flops or no shoes

4. While there is no official “dress down day” policy, supervisors who wish to implement one must consult with Human Resources first before doing so. Casual wear does not include any of the items noted above.