Can an Employer force you to wear a bra to work?

Is it possible that you can ask your doctor to help you locate a store that provides services for after surgery support garments, or can you wear maybe a sport bra I don't know what size you are but, I hope this helps!

Some people don't realise their clothes are see though and under certain light it might be. Also, if you have really perky nipples and they're always really noticable through your work shirt, that might be a bit weird. Grocery stores run on PR and customer satisfaction. If your boss thinks customers will think less of the store because an employee doesn't wear a bra and some of her assets are showing through it might make the store look bad and the customers could go somewhere else. I worked in a grocery store for 2 years and I was a member of the local union (you had to be) and they had a workers manuel that stated a manager can approve and disapprove of a look as he/she sees fit. It is their store. A lot of places have dress codes. BTW, how did he/she even know you didn't wear bras? Obviously if you weren't wearing one and he/she commented on it, it's noticable and everyone will be able to tell. So unless you want to have your girls out on display, you should wear a bra.

You have told your employer that you are unable, and he is persistent? Ask your doctor to write something stating the reason and present it to him. This is ridiculous. What a pr1ck.

I do not know where you work, but I would tell him that doctors orders are that you do not wear one, and that you will not wear one until you are released to do so. If this costs you your job, I would go absolutely as public as I could. I would stand outside of the building and be a one person picket line, I would contact the news and see if they wanted to do a story on an employer who actually fired you over not wearing a bra for medical reasons....and be sure that in the interview you point out that if he was looking you in the eyes, he would not know the difference...I ask everybody that you know to call them and tell them what kind of an @$$ that boss (do not care if they live in the area or not...hell, post the request on facebook and let it go viral. Burn up his phones.

Sorry for the rant. I wish you the best and hope that it does not come to any of that.

mstephen may have a very valid point, but I would not assume that they do not know. Below is a phone number and a link to contact the ADA and simply ask them if you are covered by the act.

You need to present medical documentation that you can't wear one and for how long. If you have contact with the public they can tell you that you cannot come to work until you can wear one. The ADA does not cover short term conditions so your employer does not have to accommodate this.

I don't have an authoritative basis for this, but I bet it violates the Americans with Disability Act. I certainly doubt your employer would know so the next time it comes up you should simply state it as a fact. Something like, "Do you realize that your request is a prosecutable violation under the Americans with Disability Act?" might do the trick. The act does cover much more than what one might normally think of as a disability.

Unless you are on FLMA your doctors recommendation are just that, recommendation. Your employer does not have to follow them. If you do not follow your employers demands they can fire you for insubordination.

not if there is a medical reason for not wearing one.

no!