You may recall the story that generated a lot of media attention in 2015 of the employee, Nicola Thorp, who was sent home by her agency without pay for refusing to wear high heels. Ms Thorp was employed by outsourcing company Portico and was working as a receptionist at PwC’s offices in London. On her first day she was told it was Portico’s dress code for women to wear two to four inch heels.
Read more from the July edition of Freeths' employment law update here
