An Ontario school board decided this week that it could not implement a teacher’s dress code for fear that it would be deemed “discriminatory.” The issue arose after a high school teacher in the district sparked controversy for wearing large prosthetic breasts to class.
“Even if a dress code is implemented for non-discriminatory reasons, it would likely be found to be discriminatory where it adversely affects an employee or group of employees on the basis of their Code-protected grounds,” wrote the Halton District School Board (HDSB) in its report titled “Dress Code Considerations,” published Nov. 8.
