We have not made uniforms mandatory, but we do require our employees to be neat and clean. With some employees, this would be hard to enforce if we did not provide uniforms. We issue work shirts to trades, custodial, and grounds, and offer them to other sections such as office staff, engineering, project managers, etc. We offer long and short sleeve t-shirts and twills. We also offer polo shirts, smocks, and sweatshirts.
All clothing has our logo.
New employees are given five shirts to start with and three additional shirts each year. The dark and the light colors make an attempt to address concerns for those who get clothes dirty and for those who work outdoors in the sun. We had some problems with a few folks when we first implemented the plan. I think this concern is offset by those who appreciate not having to ruin their own clothing. Don't forget to consider women's cuts as well as men's we made this oversight to start with.