The British government has rejected calls to outlaw companies from making women wear high heels at work, saying that kind of discrimination is already banned under existing law.
Heels became a hot topic in Britain after receptionist Nicola Thorp was sent home without pay from finance firm PwC in December 2015 for wearing flat shoes. She started an online petition that got so many signatures it triggered a debate in Parliament.
Nicola Thorp, who was sent home for wearing flat shoes, set up a petition with more 152,000 signatures.
On Friday the government said the law already bans discrimination on gender grounds, and "dress codes must include equivalent requirements for both men and women. It was already against the law to discriminate on the grounds of gender - but that this could be made "clearer to employers".
It says it will issue new dress code guidance "to make the law clearer to employers and raise awareness among employees."
Thorp branded that "a cop-out."
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