'We'll move to end this,' Clark backs idea of banning heels at work

VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – It looks like the premier is fully behind an idea to ban any requirement for employees to wear high heels at work. Christy Clark took to social media over the weekend to voice her support for newly proposed legislation.

The High Heels Private Members Bill is the idea of Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver who is planning to table it in the Legislature.

On Sunday, Clark took to Twitter to say she 100 per cent agrees with Weaver. She said, “Women shouldn’t have to wear high heels at work. We’ll move to end this.”

The BC Restaurant and Food Services Association is also backing the idea that women shouldn’t have to wear high heels at work. The BCRFA also says the legislation, if given the green light, wouldn’t take away the option of wearing heels, it just wouldn’t be a requirement.

Last week Weaver said women being forced to wear high heels while working as a server, for example, is not only an outdated practice but that it’s unsafe.

Many local restaurants, bars and lounges have a specific dress code in place and some of those include minimum heel heights or specific footwear requirements.