&gt; Wearing heels is not something receptionists need to do to perform their job<p>Wearing a suit and tie wasn&#x27;t necessary to perform my job as a programmer and was actively uncomfortable in the Summer when the women could wear sandals and low-cut tops.<p>We challenged the dress code on several occasions with HR and their eventual solution was... Dress-down Fridays.<p>Eventually one of the officers from the US HQ asked why all the guys were wearing ties when he didn&#x27;t.  That forced a change but there was no UK legal obligation for a harmonised unisex dress-code.