General / Off-Topic Women must be forced to wear shoes with heels ?
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Robert Maynard
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.... already retracted by the agency that placed the complainant. Also, a petition on the UK Government site has reached over 120,000 signatures - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129823 - requiring it to be debated in parliament.
Great news !
Especially in democratic societies ...
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At another Big Four firm where I worked the dress code said 'no thongs'. I didn't know that was a type of shoe and idly wondered who would check that.
I see the case for 'smart shoes' a phrase applying equally to both sexes, but high-heels is ridiculous. I can understand it going the other way, where flats were required purely on safety grounds. I also see safety cases requiring employees to wear (say) steel toe-capped boots. Even thinking it's appropriate to force 'high heels' makes you wonder if the person was living in a 1970s sitcom.
I see the case for 'smart shoes' a phrase applying equally to both sexes, but high-heels is ridiculous. I can understand it going the other way, where flats were required purely on safety grounds. I also see safety cases requiring employees to wear (say) steel toe-capped boots. Even thinking it's appropriate to force 'high heels' makes you wonder if the person was living in a 1970s sitcom.
I remember in the office, a colleague had brought her slippers. The boss did not appreciate
And the irony is that this probably WILL be debated in parliament. Unlike some other important issues reaching over 100,000 signatures and yet still not being debated.
The company only needed to be humiliated to stand down, we don't need to waste tax payers money on this trivial stuff. People are dying.
Thanks for the link - signed!
The issue affects 47% of the UK's workforce. Hardly trivial.
Have to agree.
We need to be asking ourselves why high heels?
When I was working I was required to wear non-slip soles which resisted penetration and chemicals. They also had to have steel toe caps. Clearly a health and safety issue.
What is the reason for demanding high heels. What is the potential effect of high heels?
Robert Maynard
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Back trouble; risk of ankle sprain / break; puncture wounds to others' feet....
.... or possibly the "aesthetic" effect of forcing some workers (but not others) to wear them....
That much is a given. But it seems unlikely even such a company as this would seek to cause back and ankle trouble on its female employees.
Minonian
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Formal shoes such as high heels for women in a lot of workplaces is to uphold a standard, no farmer in the office right?
The problem is not about high heels its about the uncomfortableness of any kind of formal shoes, man and woman alike. They are uncomfortable at the start, and after a hour or so they are painful to wear.
This petition even if its passes resolves nothing, because they still forced to wear formal shoes.
They are basically just a piece of leather with rubber footing, and thats it! There is nothing within what make a shoe comfortable.
Right! This is not about sexism, this is about a bad shoe, and a boss beign jerk.
The problem is not about high heels its about the uncomfortableness of any kind of formal shoes, man and woman alike. They are uncomfortable at the start, and after a hour or so they are painful to wear.
This petition even if its passes resolves nothing, because they still forced to wear formal shoes.
They are basically just a piece of leather with rubber footing, and thats it! There is nothing within what make a shoe comfortable.
Right! This is not about sexism, this is about a bad shoe, and a boss beign jerk.
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Robert Maynard
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Formal shoes such as high heels for women in a lot of workplaces is to uphold a standard, no farmer in the office right?
The problem is not about high heels its about the uncomfortableness of any kind of formal shoes, man and woman alike. They are uncomfortable at the start, and after a hour or so they are painful to wear.
This petition even if its passes resolves nothing, because they still forced to wear formal shoes.
They are basically just a piece of leather with rubber footing, and thats it! There is nothing within what make a shoe comfortable.
Why would a shoe require a specific heel height to be considered formal?
Minonian
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This is how we roll, and if you think about it, even a serious man's formal shoes have some heel, about an inch, or so same as the starter of this debate.
Robert Maynard
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I'd love to see where the legal specification of formal shoes is....
What is at issue is that women are "expected" to wear higher heels (even when they do not wish to).
Interestingly - everyone going into the "pit" has to wear safety shoes, and if they are going anywhere near rackage then little blue bootcovers have to go on as well.
Little blue booties make everyone feel equally ridiculous
Little blue booties make everyone feel equally ridiculous
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