Tag: Department of Labor and Enployment

Labor dep’t: Employers can’t force personnel to wear high heels at work

(Eagle News) — Business establishments can no longer require their female employees to wear high heels at work. This is after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed a department order making the rule, following calls made by a labor union that wearing heels for long periods of time poses health hazards. According to Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say, high heels were defined in the order as shoes with narrow and pointed heels higher than an inch. […]