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Unacceptable casual business attire includes:

• Tracksuits, combats
• Short skirts
• Shorts
• Football jerseys
• Flip flops
• Low cut tops, halter neck tops, see through tops, tank tops or tops with spaghetti straps
• Midriff length tops
• Any item with offensive visible logos or emblems

Please note that this list is not exhaustive.

General professional appearance guidelines:

• Hair should be neat and tidy. Non-traditional hair colours are not permitted.
• Male employees should be clean shaven. Sideburns, moustaches and beards should be neatly
trimmed.
• Regular use of a deodorant is recommended
• No employees will be permitted to wear piercing in any visible part of the body.
• Appropriate standards of oral hygiene should be observed, before commencement of work
and after breaks. Further information on the health benefits of good oral hygiene can be found
at www.dentist.ie
• Other than for the wearing of traditional earrings, visible piercings or studs are not acceptable
during work hours
• Tattoos should be covered while at work.
• Jewellery should be kept to a minimum and should be appropriate to business attire.
• Where make-up is worn, it should not be to excess.
• Footwear should be clean, polished and well maintained.
• Shirttails should be tucked in.
• Company logo clothing items must be impeccably maintained.
• All clothes should be clean, ironed and neat.
• If an employee leaves the organisation, all uniforms must be returned on last day where they
will be professionally cleaned and put back in stock. Failure to return the full corporate
wardrobe could result in a deduction from your final salary, which could be as much as €600.
• All staff must dress appropriately for work at all times, including casual days. As a staff
member, the responsibility is yours to ensure that the wardrobe is worn correctly, and that
you present yourself professionally and in accordance with the dress standards above. Failure
to do so may result in disciplinary procedures.
• Managers have a responsibility to ensure the wardrobe is worn correctly and / or dress
standards are met. When standards are not followed, and a staff member does not observe
the accepted standard of dress, the manager should remind them of the acceptable standard
of dress and personal appearance and why it exists.
• Management has the right to review the above as necessary.

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