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Pantyhose at center of workplace debate
Mid American Credit Union President Jim Holt says his company has regulations requiring all female employees to wear pantyhose on the job, even when they are wearing pants, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
While such workplace rules have drawn the ire of women across the United States, Holt has maintained the rule makes sense given the geographical location of his company.
"We're not New York or San Francisco," he explained. "We're the Midwest."
Yet a week ago, Holt relented on the clothing regulation after speaking with a female human resources official who explained the out-dated nature of leggings.
Holt told the Journal that while pantyhose would still be advised, all employees would be allowed to forgo wearing them.
"I didn't want to be so old-fashioned that people would be like, 'Do you require corsets, too?'" he told the newspaper.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/08/2008
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06-15-2008 17:55
Another Granny wrote:
Everybody's looking for comfort these days. How about allowing women to go braless? After all, you don't see men all bound up like that.
06-15-2008 15:22
An old Granny wrote:
Pantyhose
I remember the day when men wore dress shirts and ties to the office and women had to wear hose. Those days have long since gone. Wear panty hose under pants.........and who checked to see if ladies were wearing them sounds( a man)like a violation of your rights to me. I would wear them under my jeans that my employer allows me to wear to work when every man in the office showed up in a suit every day. This is 2008 no matter where in the country not 1950.
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