The
Federal Government of the Philippines, through its labor department, on
Friday, issued an order banning private companies from demanding female
employees to wear high-heeled shoes at work. According to a labor group
that proposed the new directive, the order makes the Philippines the
first country in Asia to ban the mandatory wearing of high heels in the
workplace.
“We hope that the regulation will also be
copied and applied for the benefit of workers in the entire Asia
region,” said Alan Tanjusay, a spokesman for the Associated Labor
Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP). “With this
regulation, millions of Filipino (workers) … will now be freed from the
bondage of unsafe and dangerous working conditions,” he added.
Labour
Secretary Silvestre Bello said the guidelines would take effect next
month and was based on a study by a task force created following
ALU-TUCP’s proposal.
“We noticed how sales ladies, for
example, look very tired after standing all day in heels,” he said. “You
can tell there is a feeling of inconvenience or they are
uncomfortable.”
Bello said the department has not
received any negative feedback about the order during consultations.
Under the department’s guidelines, companies can no longer require women
to wear shoes with heels more than 1 inch in height as part of the
dress code at work.
The
Federal Government of the Philippines, through its labor department, on
Friday, issued an order banning private companies from demanding female
employees to wear high-heeled shoes at work. According to a labor group
that proposed the new directive, the order makes the Philippines the
first country in Asia to ban the mandatory wearing of high heels in the
workplace.
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