Workplace Dress Codes

HEADNOTE Does your CU offer a discounted rate to employees to purchase a work wardrobe? Workplace dress codes are a frequent topic of discussion, both on the CUES Net(TM) email listserve and at...

Beverly Miller gets several calls a week from frantic business owners who've been let down by the sign companies they hired. Most often, the client has Googled sign companies and found someone who...

HEADNOTE HEALTHCARE: Cofounder's former frustration helps set bar Irvine-based medical device maker Aspen Medical Products Inc. has created a working environment based on respect and rewarding performance. "If you want good people to...

Clothing drive provides low-income job seekers with work-appropriate apparel PHOENIX -- Arizona American Water will facilitate a clothing drive for the nonprofit "Dress for Success" clothing drive August 8th-19th, 2011. Dress for Success...

Auto insurance group hiring customer service, sales and claims phone reps AUSTIN, Texas -- Outgoing people looking for a rewarding career should consider Progressive car insurance, named one of the Austin area's Top...

The threshold to the workplace is undoubtedly one of the most exciting stepping stones in life. It is a transition that is all pervasive and touches every sphere of life. You experience a...

Dress to impress. It's a term fashion-minded folks use, but you also hear it in the business world. Your work wardrobe can give clients or customers a glimpse of how you do business....

Jurys Boston Hotel, as an employer, likely thought it did everything right. Its employee handbook contained a disclaimer that advised employees that they have rights that supersede any contrary rule in the handbook....

According to the U.S. Census, almost 50 million Americans over the age of 5 have at least one disability - that is nearly one out of every five Americans. Over 33 million of...

We've heard it before..."we get by with a little help from our friends," and "it takes a village". They are short and simple sayings that prove to be true day in and day...

"Who wants to do the AIDET routine?" Everyone in this training session - having already had the consultant-generated acronym drilled into their heads knows exactly how to do the routine. But for a...

The leasing agents at Pinnacle Management weren't exactly thrilled when the Seattle-based company decided to add video mystery shopping to its employee evaluation process last fall. Paper shops were one thing, but seeing...

A lot of pavement maintenance contractors start their own business after working in the industry when they were younger. That's exactly how Thomas Colucci got his start. After working in pavement maintenance through...

Studies have repeatedly shown that comfortably dressed employees are both happier and more productive.

GENEVA - Good news for Swiss bankers: They may soon be allowed to wear red underwear, black nail polish - and even eat garlic. Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Monday it is...

Jan. 20--ENID Clothes. We've been wearing them, more or less, ever since that whole snake and apple thing prompted Adam and Eve to fashion fig leaves into, well, fashion. Fig leaves were plentiful...