Employer Dress Code: Is This Allowed?

Questioner

Good morning, at the company where I work they are starting to punish the dress code more and more strictly, now they are threatening with notes in files etc. Now it is about the fact that within this company there are 4 types of shops, the standard, a new modern type, and 2 shop-in-shop formulas. different rules apply to all 4, for example in the normal shops you are not allowed to stand in jeans but you have to wear trousers (own expense) for the modern shops it is allowed to stand in jeans, they also get a blouse at the expense of the company, the normal shops have to provide a shirt themselves (again at their own expense) the other shop-in-shop formulas can declare trousers and also get a blouse at the expense of the company. The question is, can they force me to purchase these clothes at my own expense while colleagues are reimbursed for this? In addition, can they give me a written note in the file if I do not comply? regards

Lawyer

The employer is required to reimburse the costs of mandatory work clothing. In addition, the employer may also impose conditions on clothing that is worn, for example no jeans. Because you still have free choice in the clothing that you do wear, the employer does not have to pay for that clothing.

Questioner

Can the employer impose different clothing requirements and also offer different compensation while all these employees have the same contract? the situation is that of the 4 concepts, 3 concepts are fully reimbursed and only 1 store has to pay for the clothing out of its own pocket.

Lawyer

The employer may make a distinction depending on the place where work is done. If I understand correctly, you are not asked to buy special or company clothing, but clothing that you can also wear outside the company. In that case, the employer does not have to reimburse that clothing.