The HR Perspective You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Most HR leaders are not walking into these decisions unprepared. They are walking in prepared for the wrong thing. HR strategy and technology buying are not the same discipline. One is about people and policy.

The Latest includes a brief update on federal and state level news on a New EEOC Enforcement Playbook, State Pushback on Disparate Impact, and The ICHRA Surge (June 2026).

Managers begin noticing attire more closely. Employees test boundaries, often unintentionally. HR fields questions that seem minor on the surface but quickly become more complicated in practice. But despite the annual debate, most summer dress code problems are not actually caused by what employees wear. They emerge when organizations rely on vague expectations, inconsistent enforcement, and subjective interpretations of professionalism.