Posting this on behalf of my boyfriend to see if I can help him.
He works as a mechanic for a major auto shop company and uniforms are reinforced. We also live in Utah and it's getting cold! I buy several thermals and socks yearly to keep him warm underneath the uniform but is definitely not sufficient alone.
The auto shop's garage is mandated to stay open no matter what which I totally understand the safety reasons behind this. But they don't provide any heaters or other warm uniform apparel besides long sleeved cotton shirts with the company logo. I recently bought him a very expensive heated jacket that's made by Milwaukee and is professional looking and solid black, totally follows the dress code policy. But after having worn it for 2 weeks, his area manager told him he can't wear jackets/clothing of any kind over his uniform. This has to be breaking some kind of federal policy right?? I'm going to get HR information and reach out to see if they can even enforce such a thing but I'd appreciate having more knowledge if this can legally be enforced by management. It's beyond strict and not realistic for how intense the cold gets here. He's also considered “high risk”, I'm trying my best to protect him from getting sick at all to begin with because he always gets hit really hard since he's already compromised with a chonic condition. They're not letting any of the employees wear jackets/hoodies/coats of any kind and It just riles me up how coporate companies are ok with compromising employee's health for aesthetic uniform purposes.