The Filipino government has, Friday, banned private companies from orderering their female employees to wear high heels to work.

According to a labour group that proposed the new directive, the order makes the Philippines the first nation in Asia to ban the mandatory wearing of high heels in the workplace.

“We hope that the regulation will also be copied and applied for the benefit of workers in the entire Asia region,” said Alan Tanjusay, a spokesman for the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP). “With this regulation, millions of Filipino (workers) … will now be freed from the bondage of unsafe and dangerous working conditions."

Also, Labour Secretary, Silvestre Bello, noted that the guidelines would take effect next month and was hinged on a study by a task force created after ALU-TUCP’s proposal.

“We noticed how sales ladies, for example, look very tired after standing all day in heels,” he said. “You can tell there is a feeling of inconvenience or they are uncomfortable.”

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