Comments on: Do you think they’ll listen? http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/ All About Shopping Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:06:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jesi http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1857 Jesi Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:35:10 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1857 Some companies do not allow shorts in the workplace due to safety reasons. Any place where an employee can be exposed to chemicals (such as fuel in the hangar) or a physical hazard, such as sheet metal or thermal burns fom an exhaust, the pants act as a layer of protection, a form of PPE. I am an insurance risk manager and I always recommend that my clients prohibit shorts in the workplace. Aside from the liabilities posed by employees who dress inappropriately, they do help protect employees who work in many different environments. I've attached a link to OSHAs hot weather tips site. If your employer is not complying with, or allowing you to comply with, these measures you may have a reason to complain. But it sounds more like you have a problems with your company's dress code than with the safety angle. By the way, I'm glad you followed the advice a number of us gave you and reworded your question without company names. I also worked for the same company you did for almost two years while in college. Some companies do not allow shorts in the workplace due to safety reasons. Any place where an employee can be exposed to chemicals (such as fuel in the hangar) or a physical hazard, such as sheet metal or thermal burns fom an exhaust, the pants act as a layer of protection, a form of PPE.

I am an insurance risk manager and I always recommend that my clients prohibit shorts in the workplace. Aside from the liabilities posed by employees who dress inappropriately, they do help protect employees who work in many different environments.

I’ve attached a link to OSHAs hot weather tips site. If your employer is not complying with, or allowing you to comply with, these measures you may have a reason to complain. But it sounds more like you have a problems with your company’s dress code than with the safety angle.

By the way, I’m glad you followed the advice a number of us gave you and reworded your question without company names. I also worked for the same company you did for almost two years while in college.

]]> By: TLM http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1856 TLM Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:04:13 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1856 make a formal complaint to OSHA. Heat is a serious safety hazard. make a formal complaint to OSHA. Heat is a serious safety hazard.

]]> By: summer time Mom http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1855 summer time Mom Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:56:11 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/03/11/do-you-think-theyll-listen/#comment-1855 that's a shame ! Have all of you ever tried to just show up @ work in shorts all on the same day, stay in shorts while you work & see if the boss says anything? My husband & some of the guys he works w/ (in the garage ) did this & the boss was o.k.w/ it & never said anything to them about it, sorry I can't help more & good luck that’s a shame ! Have all of you ever tried to just show up @ work in shorts all on the same day, stay in shorts while
you work & see if the boss says anything? My husband &
some of the guys he works w/ (in the garage ) did this & the boss was o.k.w/ it & never said anything to them
about it, sorry I can’t help more & good luck

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