Employers have considerable leeway in setting dress codes.Thus,a policy that requires men to wear normal business attire in the workplace,and women to wear smocks is permissible if the employer can state a justification (such as preventing damage to the female employee's clothing).

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Courts have not permitted requiring male employees to wear "normal business attire" and women to wear uniforms, though both performed the same duties. The court found "there is a natural tendency to assume that the uniformed women have a lesser professional status than their male colleagues attired in normal business clothes."

Employers Have Considerable Leeway in Setting Dress Codes