{"id":3603,"date":"2016-05-12T00:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/12\/petition-calls-for-ban-on-office-dress-codes-that-require-high-heels\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T00:10:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T16:10:01","slug":"petition-calls-for-ban-on-office-dress-codes-that-require-high-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/12\/petition-calls-for-ban-on-office-dress-codes-that-require-high-heels\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition calls for ban on office dress codes that require high heels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f86257%2fgettyimages-551984523\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/4xWxi8h6P6Rxf6uEoicsLJIAB_o=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F86257%2FGettyImages-551984523.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Petition+calls+for+ban+on+office+dress+codes+that+require+high+heels&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F11%2Fpetition-heels-work%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F11%2Fpetition-heels-work%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 A woman who was sent home from her temp job for not wearing high heels has launched a petition calling for it to be made illegal for a company to require women to wear heels at work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/11\/bloody-feet-high-heels-policy\/\">Photo of female server&#8217;s bloody feet highlights restaurant&#8217;s unfair uniform policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/129823\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">petition<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> has already been signed more than 24,000 times, exceeding the 10,000 signature target required to get a Government response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicola Thorp from Hackney, London, set up the petition after being sent home without pay from her temp job as a receptionist at a finance company after failing to adhere to outsourcing firm Portico&#8217;s dress code. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/11\/petition-heels-work\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/workplace\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Workplace<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/sexism\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Sexism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gender-equality\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gender Equality<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/shoes\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Shoes<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uk\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uk<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/-8dfR__uQjo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 A woman who was sent home from her temp job for not wearing high heels has launched a petition calling for it to be made illegal for a company to require women to wear heels at work.\u00a0 SEE &hellip; 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