Female employee wearing sensational clothes in office

Hi Preeti

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Hi Preeti

My suggestion is that you have mark copy to the seniors as well. May be the reaction will be negative, but dont bother as you are pointing your fingers towards vulgarity only.


mahalakshmi

Hi

Call her in person & talk to her.

Understand the reason behind her way of dressing. Might be she would been brought up in that manner.

Please make her understand the Office Decorum.

Make her understand the dress code policy if it is there.

if she realises and ready to change her attitude, then it is absolulety fine or else you may start with oral warning, followed by written and then actions.

Please remember we are HR Profesionals, handle with Care.


Keep it Private & Confidentail

The way you handle may either break or make the Organisation..

Also one more request, dont be fuming or dont be harsh, if someone has replied against your thoughts or hurting your sentiments.

answer them in a polite way.

Hi Preeti,

I cenpercent accept Sneha Jassuja's suggestion. It will be a fantastic move towards this critical situation that you and your compnay has faced.

All the best!!!!!

Regards,
Raju

Dear Preeti,

I would suggest that posting her a mail is not good solution for this problem. And you should not give anything in writing to your collegues unless it is been approved by your boss.

Secondly, you can have discussion with all male (whome you know better and are matured) and female employees and take their opinion about this. You should treat her very friendly and get closer with her. Then and then only you can solve this problem by way of councelling. Otherwise if she is blunt, she can insult you in front of all employees if you send her a mail.

Another thing I would like to suggest, as a good HR Professional, you should avoide using harsh language even if you don't like any reply in this forum and else where too (Ex. your reply to Mr.Narasimhan)

Narendra

Dear Preeti ji,First call her to your chamber, say politly even if she says harsly keep quite. The this issue put before review meeting (in daily meeting with your boss etc.). May be she is comming from a media org. but the present position and nature of job is different. ("One mad fellow waiting for actor Helen when is saw her in Showly. But she is comming form her house with treditional Indian sary, then that mad man got heart attack" ...). So her previous organisation may allowed such dress but the present job is different. So I suggest you to take a counselling.Regards,PBS KUMAR

He is really mad to post such reply

Hey
what i feel is being an hr and as every corporate has a dress code - form a dress code now have it circulated and request everyone to adhere to it.. i dont think you will face a problem in this.

rgds,

Hi All,

Thanks a ton for all your suggestions.

We don't have any dress code. We all come office wearing descent clothes,so till date the question of dress code doesn't raised. In fact our HQ which is in Finland don't have any dress code. People are sensible enough to understand what to wear in office. This is first time am facing. She has completed one month in our org. Female do wear sleeve less in my org but in such a way which doesn't look vulgar. If she wants to change herself or wants to be acceptable by others then from last one month why i have not seen any changes in her dressing infact it is become more horrible.
She also reports to my director who is male and i feel bit awkward talking with him regarding same but few days before he has forwarded me one email regarding dress code of our subsidiary which is in Middle east. So i think indirectly he has also given me some hint. I think being HR i should drop email to all the female employees. I will not write harsh email but a soft one with clarity. Before that i will speak with my director also so that he will be not surprised if she goes to him.
I liked sneha's suggestion. If i call her in my cabin and she started doing argument with me then it will be more difficult to handle. she is Ms.attitude and bit arrogant too.
Please suggest if i drop email to all female staff will that do.

Thanks

Regards,
Preeti

Preeti

I had been reading all posts on this subject.

1. Discuss with your Director and if he says, you must do something about her dress code, then you have the authority otherwise , you do not have the authority.

2.If he gives a green signal to you, then face her directly. Do not send emails.

3. If you do not have a green signal, then accept it gracefully.

4. Noone in the world is arrogant If you look at them as arrogant, he or she will look arrogant.

5. Just trace the history of dress pattern in India.In fact in Tamilnadu, Salwar was considered as a modern dress about 20 years back. Many colleges were not allowing girls to wear salwar. Then Skirts then Jeans and all these were considered as against our value system.

6.One can wear normal saree and still look vulgar. Can wear shortest of Skirts and still look decent

7. Do not make it a big issue


Siva