New Uniform Policy... ugh!

[snarkosaurus]

I know MANY major hospitals around the country have switched to a color-coded system based on discipline (RNs wear navy blue, PCTs wear light blue, etc.).

The hospital I work for has been discussing making such a change for several months, and in December 2013, came out with the list of the designated colors. The effective date for the new policy was to be March 1, 2014, so many of us started purchasing new scrubs in our assigned colors so as to avoid dropping a large amount of money in April.

Last week, the final version of the policy was sent out...

Not only are we required to wear a specific color, but we're also required to wear a specific BRAND which MUST be purchased from ONE vendor. Scrub tops are also REQUIRED to be embroidered (or have an embroidered patch stitched on) with the hospital logo, and we will have to pay the extra expense for the embroidery.

We are NOT being compensated for the purchase of our scrubs, although we are getting a discount (27%) from the vendor. The final sale price of our scrubs has not yet been announced.

To allow for us to comply with the new changes, the new effective date has been pushed back to March 31, 2014.

Has anyone got any idea if this is even legal? I understand that requiring set colors is legal, but also dictating the brand and vendor??

I'm planning on calling a few lawyers who practice in employment law, but I was curious if anyone had similar experiences out there.

[Mulan]

To be fair many old nursing uniforms, especially those for students were rather constricted in the bosom area as well. Some bright blub came up with "action back" construction/seaming which in theory was supposed to correct the problem, but often things on the ground were quite different. If you were a *healthy* girl (anything > 34B say) one deep breath could split seams or send buttons flying across the room. You soon learned how to reach best you could to hang a bag or whatever.

How active and or comfortable for twelve hours would you be in one of these uniforms?[ATTACH=CONFIG]13372[/ATTACH]

Which one are you?

[DoGoodThenGo]

Which one are you?

Well if I was the young gal on the extreme right do you think I'd be sitting here on the Internet chatting with *YOU*! LOL*

Sadly with the ongoing battle against the muffin top, fear sooner or later will be the second from the left. *LOL* You know it is a losing battle when you get out of the shower and start walking but when you stop other things keep moving! *LOL*

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

We have to wear ceil blue as nurses with my company. They give us 2 sets of Cherokee brands tops and bottoms, and we're able to buy what we want after that, any brand, style, etc----as long as its ceil blue!