Amplifier
owner and Capitol Corp director, followed up the post with his own warning.
“As
a condition of your employment, the team member is required to wear the
uniform. If you don’t feel comfortable in the uniform then you are welcome to
find employment elsewhere,” he wrote.
A
nightclub in Australia has been widely criticised after telling female
employees who do not wear a low-cut and tight-fitting uniform to find a new
job.
Amplifier
Capitol, a club in the western Australian city of Perth, faced condemnation
after screenshots from the club’s personal Facebook group were leaked.
They
showed a post from duty manager reminding employees of the dress code.
“To
our amazing bar ladies, as we have been busy raising the dress code on our
doors, our focus is now shifting to bars – one thing that has slipped for a
while is the tolerance of girls wearing the men’s uniform shirt while on bar,”
he wrote.
“From
next week I will be taking your men’s shirt back from you and replacing it with
the ladies bar uniform shirt. Let’s work together to get the dress code back to
how it should be. This is compulsory.”
Employees
immediately hit back at being asked to wear a shirt with a much lower neckline
– with one taking to the same staff group to raise their concerns.
“Forcing
our female staff members to wear low cut shirts that expose their cleavage
while male staff members are not subject to such objectification is blatant
sexism and totally ludicrous,” the staff member said.
“We
receive enough sexual harassment as it is working in the nightclub industry and
pushing such a ridiculous dress code puts your female employees in danger.
“Surely
there are alternatives to a more presentable uniform standard that doesn’t
involve using our bodies as selling points,” the employee added.
The
nightclub has now been forced to backtrack and apologise.
He
said female staff members would now be given the choice of shirts.
“We
will in future, ensure that employees can choose to wear two styles of shirts,
provided that those shirts can’t catch on things,” he said adding that nobody
had been sacked over the saga, released a public statement on Facebook on
behalf of the venue on Tuesday.
“I
unreservedly apologise for the recent proposed … uniform changes at Amplifier
Capitol – for the decision, my comments and the manner in which this has been
handled,” he said.
“The
team at Amplifier Capitol and I have been taking stock and reading the various
comments and concerns from patrons and staff before publicly responding to the
issue."
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