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• Assertiveness Skills for Women in Business ($2,295) – Toronto, Aug. 29-31
• Managing Stress and Emotions in the Workplace ($1,995) – Toronto, Sep 12-13
• Communication Techniques for Strong Work Relationships ($2,295) – Vancouver, Sep 12-14
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• Presentation Skills ($399) – Toronto, July 14
• Project Management ($399) – Toronto, July 18
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• Customer Service Skills ($399) – Toronto, Aug. 11
• Dealing With Diffi cult People ($399) – Toronto, Aug. 18
• Communication Skills ($399) – Toronto, Sep. 15
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• Useful Functions in Excel ($124) – webinar, July 14
• Confrontation Skills ($124) – webinar, July 21
• Dealing with Diffi cult People ($124) – webinar, July 28
• Make the Leap to Remarkable ($124) – webinar, Aug. 11
• Intro to Project Management for Admins ($124) – webinar, Aug. 18
• Reboot Yourself in 2016 ($124) – webinar, Aug. 25
High heels cause fl ap in UK offi ce
Late last year a receptionist in Lon-
don (UK) was sent home because
she came to work at Pricewater-
house Coopers (PwC) in fl at shoes,
contrary to a policy requiring that
female employees wear heels at
least two inches high.
Nicola Thorp, an actress and
temporary employee, then launched
an online petition. If the petition
reaches 100,000 signatures, said a
BBC online story, "the British Gov-
ernment will be required to respond
and the petition will be considered
for debate in Parliament."
Various accounts of the incident
have reported that Ms. Thorp's
actual employer was a temporary
help agency, Portico, which has
since been asked by PwC to revise
its policy. In late May a Portico
spokesperson was quoted by the
Evening Standard as saying, "We
are … making it very clear, that
with immediate effect, all our
female colleagues can wear plain
fl at shoes or plain court shoes as
they prefer."
About a year before the UK
incident, Shari Graydon, writing
in the Ottawa Citizen, questioned
why some restaurants require that
female staff "wear clothing that
is actively discouraged by health
professionals familiar with
the osteoarthritis, nerve
damage, plantar fasciitis,
hammer toes and bun-
ions that heels are
known to cause."
The Ontario
Human Rights Code,
she contends, expressly states "It
is discrimination based on sex to
require female employees to wear
high heels, short skirts and tight
tops." (Shari Graydon is founder
of Informed Opinions, "a project
[that] trains and supports women
in making their ideas more acces-
sible and increasing their impact.")
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