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'Decent' dress code puts Haryana staff in bind
Tuesday May 15, 2012 03:49:31 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: Directing
its field staff to wear "decent" clothes to work, the women and
child department (WCD) department in Haryana has asked them to
desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work.
The controversial order has virtually termed jeans and T-shirts as
'indecent' clothing. Its subject line read: "To wear decent
clothes in office."
The circular, issued April 18, has been sent by the WCD director's
office to all its field offices which run the Integrated Child
Development Scheme (ICDS) and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS).
Advising the field staff, the directive describes "decent"
clothing as "sari/salwar-kameez with dupatta" for women and
"pant-shirt" for men.
The circular states: "It has been observed that some
officers/officials come to office in jeans/T-shirts/Western
dresses which sometimes not only look odd but are also in
contravention of government rules."
The staff, most of whom happen to be women, has been directed to
comply with the fresh orders and any violation would be "viewed
seriously".
Social Welfare Minister Geeta Bhukkal defended the decision
saying: "Maybe the problem is due to the usage of the word decent
dress. Otherwise, there is a dress code for various professions.
Judges, lawyers, doctors etc, everyone has to adhere to the
prescribed dress code."
"What the (WCD) order says is that the dress code is as per ICDS
and ICPS norms since the staff have to go for field work. Even
anganwadi workers have a dress code. Dress codes exist in
government offices and even in private sector. If anyone is hurt
by the order, we can review its wording."
Bhukkal said: "Wearing jeans is not indecent. I can understand
that the usage of words in the order was not proper."
Incidentally, the social welfare minister, under whom the WCD
functions, the secretary of the department and the WCD director
are all women.
A woman ICDS employee in Ambala district said, "We do not
understand the logic of this strange order. Most women and staff
anyway wear Indian dresses to work. We don't even know if we can
protest against this order as most staff members are on
contractual jobs."
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