倫敦女員工因拒絕穿高跟鞋而被公司解僱(雙語)

Temp worker Nicola Thorp, 27, from Hackney, arrived at finance company PwC to be told she had to wear shoes with a "2in to 4in heel".

　　臨時工尼古拉·索普來自於哈尼克，今年27歲。當她前往融資公司普華永道上班時，被告知她必須穿一雙「2到4英寸高跟」的鞋子。

　　When she refused and complained male colleagues were not asked to do the same, she was sent home without pay.

　　當她拒絕這一要求，並且抱怨為何男性僱員不用穿高跟鞋后，她便被要求離開公司，也沒有得到自己應得的報酬。

　　Outsourcing firm Portico said Ms Thorp had "signed the appearance guidelines" but it would now review them.

　　外包公司Portico說索普小姐已經「簽署了外貌準則」，但是現在公司也許需要重新評估這些準則。

　　PwC said the dress code was "not a PwC policy".

　　普華永道說索普的穿衣打扮「不符合普華永道的標準」。

　　Ms Thorp said she would have struggled to work a full day in high heels and had asked to wear the smart flat shoes she had worn to the office in Embankment.

　　索普小姐說她會穿著高跟鞋辛苦工作一整天，但是要求在前往Embanment辦公室的路上穿著更舒適的平底鞋。

　　But instead she was was told she should go and buy a pair of heels on her first day, back in December.

　　但是在去年十二月的時候，在她上班的第一天，她被告知應當去買一雙高跟鞋。

　　"I said 』if you can give me a reason as to why wearing flats would impair me to do my job today, then fair enough』, but they couldn』t," Ms Thorp told BBC Radio London.

　　索普告訴BBC倫敦廣播電台，說：「我說『如果你們可以給我一個正當理由--為什麼穿平底鞋會損害我今天的工作的話，我就會換上高跟鞋，』但是他們不能給我一個理由。」

　　"I was expected to do a nine-hour shift on my feet escorting clients to meeting rooms. I said 』I just won』t be able to do that in heels』."

　　「我每天要站9個小時，帶顧客前往會議室。我告訴他們穿著高跟鞋我做不下來。」

　　Ms Thorp said she asked if a man would be expected to do the same shift in heels, and was laughed at.

　　索普說她曾問是否男性僱員也要穿高跟鞋，但是遭到了嘲笑。

　　She then spoke to friends about what had happened, and after posting on Facebook realised that other women had found themselves in the same position.
她和友人談論了這些事情，又把自己的遭遇發到了Facebook上，後來她發現許多女性都處於跟她一樣的境況中。

　　"I was a bit scared about speaking up about it in case there was a negative backlash," she said. "But I realised I needed to put a voice to this as it is a much bigger issue."

　　索普說：「我有點不敢談論這件事情，因為我害怕這可能引起一些負面的反應。但是我後來意識到我必須在這件事情上發出聲音，因為這並不是一件小事。」

　　She has since set up a petition calling for the law to be changed so women cannot be forced to wear high heels to work. It has had more than 10,000 signatures, so the government will now have to respond.

　　她寫了一份請願書，要求修改法律，從而使得女性不必再被強迫穿著高跟鞋工作。已經有超過10000萬簽名支持索普的倡議，所以現在政府必須做出回應。

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