Workwear Agreement
Discussion
When writing a CV, I look through my polo shirts to remind myself where I've worked.Mr Pointy said:
Marcellus said:
- return when leaves or depreciated cost deducted
What are you going to do with old clothing? Reissue it?
Seriously though, you don't want ex employees wearing your kit (especially if in burglar alarm or similar industry)
We’re a factory environment where we have some paint machines which occasionally we need to get in to strip down and it’s not a clean area with lots of wet paint… it’s only the senior team who have to go in so tend to put on “really dirty clothes” before we do…. So we’d probably recycle any returned clothing!
If you want to have company workwear that’s up to you, and, in reality, any commitment ends there.
You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
Edited by Legacywr on Sunday 14th July 19:21
Legacywr said:
If you want to have company workwear that’s up to you, and, in reality, any commitment ends there.
You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
I agree, I wouldn't want to wear 2nd hand clothing all day. You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
Edited by Legacywr on Sunday 14th July 19:21
The fight back that you mention doesn't sound like much of a fightback, it's pretty reasonable to only wear work gear on the company time.
Marcellus said:
We’re just about to issue our team a set of workwear and wondered if anyone had an example of a workwear agreement?
Sort of things that says;
- remains company property
- Employee responsibility to keep clean
- expected life
- return when leaves or depreciated cost deducted
At my brothers place staff get issued 2 polo shirts and 2 fleeces. The cost is written off as part of the induction/ training/ onboarding. Sort of things that says;
- remains company property
- Employee responsibility to keep clean
- expected life
- return when leaves or depreciated cost deducted
Jimjimhim said:
Legacywr said:
If you want to have company workwear that’s up to you, and, in reality, any commitment ends there.
You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
I agree, I wouldn't want to wear 2nd hand clothing all day. You’re best off to have a time served policy, as in new employees don’t get issued anything for a certain amount of time.
No point in keeping ownership of it, as absolutely nobody will wear what somebody else has worn, you’ll need to issue new clothing to new employees.
Also, expect a little bit of fight back, some of our employees won’t put their company workwear on until they are actually on company time, we’ve even had people take it off at break time…
Edited by Legacywr on Sunday 14th July 19:21
The fight back that you mention doesn't sound like much of a fightback, it's pretty reasonable to only wear work gear on the company time.
Countdown said:
At my brothers place staff get issued 2 polo shirts and 2 fleeces. The cost is written off as part of the induction/ training/ onboarding.
ThisI supply uniform for over 600 workers
They get 2 x of everything once in a defined period (a year I think)
That is written off as employee overhead cost.
If they leave, we don’t re-use it and rarely get it back.
Thanks for input so far… probably won’t include anything about depreciation/recharge if not returned….. we’ve gone with 3 polo shirts plus their choice of hoodie or sweatshirt….. they’re used the “life expectancy” of issued items as they work to it on ppe (safety shoes, gloves and specs) and we’ve found that as now they know they treat them with more respect/care.
For example we had one guy destroy a pair of safety shoes in 12 weeks and them complain they were too uncomfortable to wear….. never undid the laces, trod the backs down, sat down had a chat, then issued a replacement and found he undid the laces, looked after them and they lasted 18months……
For example we had one guy destroy a pair of safety shoes in 12 weeks and them complain they were too uncomfortable to wear….. never undid the laces, trod the backs down, sat down had a chat, then issued a replacement and found he undid the laces, looked after them and they lasted 18months……
PlywoodPascal said:
Legacywr said:
No, it’s really petty.
No it’s not. Choice of clothing is very personal. If someone is paying you to give up that choice, fair enough, but if you’re not paid or not working, it’s very reasonable to take the decision that you won’t be ‘branded’ for that time. OldGermanHeaps said:
Minimum 5 or 6 polos for full time workers, do you expect their mrs to do a workwear wash several times a week, or do you expect them to wear a polo for 2 days straight?
Most of them currently wear the same shirt all week…. Last summer the latter half of the week was very “fragrant” 
Jimjimhim said:
PlywoodPascal said:
Legacywr said:
No, it’s really petty.
No it’s not. Choice of clothing is very personal. If someone is paying you to give up that choice, fair enough, but if you’re not paid or not working, it’s very reasonable to take the decision that you won’t be ‘branded’ for that time. Small business here, I just give my chaps whatever they ask for within reason.
I'd rather they looked tidy than turning up in worn or stained gear.
Issue hoodies, sweatshirts, polo's and t shirts. I'd say minimum of 5 polo / T's, 2 sweatshirts and 2 hoodies.
Don't want it back when they leave!!!
I'd rather they looked tidy than turning up in worn or stained gear.
Issue hoodies, sweatshirts, polo's and t shirts. I'd say minimum of 5 polo / T's, 2 sweatshirts and 2 hoodies.
Don't want it back when they leave!!!
Mr Pointy said:
Marcellus said:
- return when leaves or depreciated cost deducted
What are you going to do with old clothing? Reissue it?Things like maybe external coats that don’t go against the skin then maybe.
Legacywr said:
Jimjimhim said:
PlywoodPascal said:
Legacywr said:
No, it’s really petty.
No it’s not. Choice of clothing is very personal. If someone is paying you to give up that choice, fair enough, but if you’re not paid or not working, it’s very reasonable to take the decision that you won’t be ‘branded’ for that time. Gassing Station | Business | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff