Ontario bill seeks to ban mandatory high heels as part of uniforms

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

An Ontario Liberal is introducing a bill today that would ban the province's employers from requiring women to wear high heels at work.

The private member's bill from Cristina Martins would amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect workers from being required to wear unsafe footwear as part of dress and uniform codes.

The president of the Ontario Podiatric Medical Association says wearing high heels causes a higher incidence of bunions, musculoskeletal pain and injury than those who do not wear high heels.

Click here to read the CTV news article.