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The document sent to Banco Inter employees lists 14 “standards” of the company. Experts evaluate the requests as excessive

Banco Inter sent employees a pamphlet with a series of behaviors that, according to the institution, should be “avoided at all costs.” Among the fourteen rules are such prohibitions as “marking or showing undergarments”, polka-dotted clothing, “poor shaving and unkempt hair”, and messy work materials, for example, the use of a “chewable cap pen”.

The list of decisions was emailed to employees this week. Company professionals also cannot have unkempt nails and eyebrows, smudge or excessive makeup, or show up to work with dirty or unkempt hair.

There are also specific bans on broken cellphone skins, dirty cases, or “old” accessories and bags.

See the list below:

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According to attorney Nathália Ohofugi, some types of demands in the work environment constitute an abusive practice.

“Enforcing employees to have basic hygiene and good looks is within the employer’s directive authority and is reasonable, but always wearing new clothes and a short haircut could go beyond that and constitute abuse.”

“If an employer requires that a standard be set for all employees, such as always wearing new clothes, the company must bear those costs,” he continues.

a capital Cities I contacted Banco Inter, which did not respond. After the report was published, the press office sent the following position: “Inter confirms that it respects the privacy of each of its collaborators. The material in question has been reviewed and amended.”