What Are the Advantages of Supplying Your Workforce with a Uniform?

Many people don’t like to wear uniforms in the work place. It’s often associated with certain types of work: namely, where the boss is the boss and the workers are worked to the bone. However, those associations are frequently wrong, and there are in fact, several advantages to having a uniform at work.

Plus, we’re British: the vast majority of us are used to wearing uniforms from our school day — not to mention that corporate and work attire generally represents a uniform anyway, regardless of how people may like to view it!

OK, so on to the main point of this article: the advantages of supplying your staff with uniforms.

1. It saves them money.
Most places of work that supply uniform take on the costs themselves. There are some tax rules depending on the exact nature of the uniform that you supply, but in general, there is no tax for the employee and you do not have to deduct it from their pay. For many people, having their employer pay for their work uniform can lift a huge burden off their shoulders — clothes are expensive, and every little helps.

2. You can offer cleaning services and save them even more time and money.
This is clearly not a legal requirement, but if you want to, you can provide a laundry service for your staff too, only for their uniform though, or you might have to start messing around with tax deductibles, which becomes a bit complex.

Offering a laundry service is also a good way to ensure that only the decent clothing remains in circulation. You can choose to remove shirts/trousers/jumpers/t-shirts/etc. that have holes in them or are otherwise damaged.

3. It increases a feeling of camaraderie.
One of the best things about wearing a uniform is that it increases feelings of camaraderie between members of the team. It’s one of the reasons why we use uniforms at schools in the UK.

It’s particularly good for new employees, who might be feeling nervous. It gives them an instant feeling of “being part of the team”.

4. It can help the public to feel more secure.
If your staff need to visit people’s homes or to go into sensitive areas, such as toilets (e.g. plumbers), it is important that people have a way of recognising that they are safe. A uniform is a great way of doing this.

We have noticed an increase in workwear Manchester lately, and we have been wondering if this is related to the attempt to increase feelings of safety in the local environment, given how unsettled the world is lately.

5. It can increase feelings of professionality amongst staff.
Finally, the act of wearing a uniform can increase professionality. The reasons for this are no doubt multiple, but include the need to give a good impression or face being reported to their boss. If there are no identifying features, they might choose to act a bit more recklessly. As well as this, wearing a uniform makes people feel as if they’re “in business” and that will naturally increase professionalism.

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