Reasonable dress code — 3 earrings per lobe max?
December 30, 2003Findlaw (AP)reports: “Fla. Workers Allowed 3 Earrings Per Lobe.”
Adding that seventh earring before going to work for the county could get you into piercing trouble.That and it’s disgusting . . .
Administrators have decided that three earrings per earlobe is the maximum amount of “facial jewelry” employees will be allowed to wear in Orange County offices, and that all other facial piercing will be forbidden.
Loops through eyebrows, nose rings and studs through tongues will have no future place for county employees.
“They can’t even speak well when they have their tongues pierced,” said Commissioner Mary I. Johnson, 70.
Even the earring policy comes with a caveat: none of the three rings are to be worn on the top half of the ear, according to the county’s “Dress Code and Appearance Policy.”This seems to be a pretty reasonable policy for employees with public contact. Those who “see the world a little bit differently” when it comes to facial jewelry probably see it too differently to work well with the public for other reasons as well (spoken like a true member of the over-40 generation).
“It’s our belief that facial jewelry does not present the professional appearance we want our employees to have when dealing with the public,” said Deputy County Administrator Sharon Donoghue, who helped develop the new rules.
The lone holdout among commissioners was Homer Hartage, who was overruled.
“Occasionally there will be employees who are good workers, but they see the world a little bit differently than the rest of us,” he said.
No doubt somebody could come up with a legal basis for challenging the policy, but I’m not sure what it would be and doubt it would be successful.
Anyway, that some employers have such policies is an additional additional reason for me to draw the line on three per ear for my 15-year-old daughter, who has already reached this limit.
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