American Apparel bans work relationships following controversial CEO Dov Charney's departure

US clothing company, American Apparel, has banned relationships at work in an update to its code of ethics.

The new clause warns that “no management-level employee may make sexual advances, welcome or unwelcome, toward any subordinate”.

It continues: “No employee who has a personal relationship or romantic relationship with another employee may be in a position with any perceived or actual influence over the other's terms of employment.”