Edmonton 
Alberta has amended the Occupational Health and Safety Code to protect the right of Alberta workers to wear shoes that put safety over style.
The change will provide clarity and prohibit employers from requiring servers and bartending staff to wear high heels. Prolonged high heel use is associated with workplace trips, slips, falls, painful foot conditions and skeletal and muscular injuries.
The new rule does not apply to mandatory footwear for safety reasons, such as steel-toed footwear required on construction sites.
The change takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.