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.
The board also wrote that “it is important to recognize the impact that dress code policies can have on members of
the transgender community.”…