A pub in Sydney’s trendy inner suburb of Paddington has angered tradies by banning hi-vis clothing.

The Village Inn, previously Durty Nelly's, ditched the hi-vis for a more polished dress code when it underwent a renovation, according to NewsLocal .

Licensee Leeroy Petersen told the newspaper the pub now attracted “all walks of life”.

“There are no tradies anymore, we have a no hi-vis policy, it doesn’t fit the demographic of the area anymore. I needed to make the venue more accommodating,” Mr Petersen said.

“The Irish tradies knew the pub was changing so it’s fine.”

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Australian Workers’ Union state secretary Russ Collinson believes it’s discrimination, going so far as to coin it “class segregation in the modern era”.

“Managers and workers all wear hi-vis to keep themselves safe but this pub seems to treat hi-vis wearers as second class citizens,” he told the newspaper.