The Australian airline Qantas has launched new pointers regarding grooming and uniform styling. The adjustments embrace range and make sporting the airline’s uniform extra snug for all staff, regardless of their physique sort or cultural background.
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Employees can have lengthy hair (which they need to put on in a low bun or ponytail), go makeup-free, put on glasses as a substitute of contact lenses (offered they’ve clear lenses) and swop excessive heels for snug flats.
‘The replace modernises the way in which staff put on their present uniform consistent with worker suggestions and evolving buyer expectations,’ a rep from Qantas mentioned in an announcement.
Up to now, the airline banned handlebar moustaches and specified the size of sideburns and the best shades of eyeliner. There have been additionally separate pointers for female and male staff. However now there’s one algorithm for everybody.
‘Our uniforms symbolise our iconic model, and our folks proudly put on them. Fashions change, and so have our model pointers over time,’ the corporate mentioned in an announcement. ‘We’re happy with our range, and bringing our pointers updated.’
Qantas is just not the one airline to rethink its worker gown codes. One instance is Virgin Atlantic, who, in 2022, launched gender-neutral uniforms designed by Vivienne Westwood, meant to let staff ‘embrace their individuality and be their true selves at work’, in accordance with an announcement from Virgin. Crew members have been additionally permitted to incorporate their pronouns on their title tags.
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