The adoption of dress-down Friday has become commonplace across the world and more businesses, everywhere, are also moving to a position of allowing their staff to dress casually every day.
Casual clothing, like polo-shirts, has become business standard for several reasons:
1. Polo shirts are easy for everybody to wear, while clothing that is more constricting, such as shirts with stiff collars, cuff buttons and so on can present particular problems for people who have mobility problems or disabilities, or who are outside the standard size range.
2. Polo shirts are also easy to launder, so there’s no excuse for people not to look good. They don’t require ironing although they look ultra-smart when pressed and they work well with casual or smart trousers or jeans, and with skirts.
3. Polo shirts and other items of casual clothing are more comfortable, so staff feel better and are more productive, especially when the working day is long and they are under stress.
4. Polo-shirts and T-shirts can easily be printed or embroidered with company logos and messages to increase public awareness of the company.
So if your employer hasn’t moved to dress-down Friday or to a more casual clothing style, why not mention all the ways they’ll benefit if they do?
