Dorchester hotel staff rebel over 'downright offensive' grooming rules

Email to female employees bans oily skin, unshaven legs and garish make-up

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Female employees at The Dorchester hotel in London are said to be "livid" over a list of personal grooming rules issued to staff that forbids oily skin and unshaven legs.

The swanky Park Lane hotel prides itself on old-fashioned decorum, but some members of staff now say that the emphasis on traditionalism is intruding into their personal lives.

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