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12-06-2005, 02:02 AM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of Australia's largest banks apologized on Monday for a "grooming handbook" that suggested staff wear flesh-colored underwear and advised against shiny stockings because they make legs look fatter.
The grooming guide -- which also recommended that earrings should be no bigger than a small coin and that women should wear no more than two rings on each hand -- was given to retail banking staff at the Commonwealth Bank.
"The guidelines are just that -- guidelines," bank executive Hugh Harley said in a statement. "I apologize to any staff who may have been offended or who do not feel comfortable discussing such matters."
from: http://today.reuters.com
The grooming guide -- which also recommended that earrings should be no bigger than a small coin and that women should wear no more than two rings on each hand -- was given to retail banking staff at the Commonwealth Bank.
"The guidelines are just that -- guidelines," bank executive Hugh Harley said in a statement. "I apologize to any staff who may have been offended or who do not feel comfortable discussing such matters."
from: http://today.reuters.com