Swedish train drivers have decided to circumvent a new policy banning them wearing shorts in hot weather - by wearing skirts instead.
A company spokesman, Tomas Hedenius, said "that skirts are a perfectly acceptable alternative. To say anything else would be discrimination," Despite this seeming acceptance by the company "a meeting has been arranged for September to discuss the uniform issue."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stockholm-male-train-drivers-get-around-shorts-ban-in-hot-weather-by-wearing-skirts-8650585.html
A company spokesman, Tomas Hedenius, said "that skirts are a perfectly acceptable alternative. To say anything else would be discrimination," Despite this seeming acceptance by the company "a meeting has been arranged for September to discuss the uniform issue."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stockholm-male-train-drivers-get-around-shorts-ban-in-hot-weather-by-wearing-skirts-8650585.html