Boots ban on male staff wearing shorts discriminatory, judge rules
Judge intervenes after Boots warehouse worker was reprimanded for wearing three-quarter length shorts on a hot summer day
7 January 2021 • 3:52pm
It used to be the case that, in the words of the designer Tom Ford, gentlemen “should never wear shorts,” except on holiday and the beach.
Now a judge has intervened in the argument, striking a significant blow for the right of men to expose their legs while at work.
Judge Alan Johnson ruled it was discriminatory for men to be banned from wearing shorts at work if their female colleagues are at the same time allowed to wear short trousers and leggings.