3rd Session, 41st Legislature
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Bill 214
THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT
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(Assented to )
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Workplace Safety and Health Act is amended by this Act.
The following is added after section 4 and before the centred heading that follows it:
An employer must not require an employee to wear a specific style or design of footwear, such as high-heeled shoes.
Subsection (1) does not apply
(a) if the requirement is related to reasonable hygiene or safety concerns in the workplace; or
(b) if the employee is a model or is performing in a movie, television production, play, musical or dance production, ice skating show or other similar type of production.
This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.
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Explanatory Note This Bill amends The Workplace Safety and Health Act to prohibit employers from requiring employees to wear specific styles of footwear, such as high-heeled shoes. |