Posted By David Gault We have had similar problems and spoken to various suppliers about it. There are genuine physiological differences with women's feet apparently (though that doesn't entirely explain why one of our ladies has 70 different pairs of shoes at home!. There are many options. We supply a couple of didfferent styles as stock for our employees and allow them to buy others that cost more if they contribute to the cost. We also buy in any footwear recommended by our Occ. Health Dept. for anyone with genuine foot problems. No doubt other will provide equally valid suggestions. I hope that helps.

Posted By Ucan Have you thought of buying insoles for the footwear, we actually did this at my previous company and it worked well. We did not broadcast the fact though but those who did have a problem with shoes/boots being too hard on their feet so to speak were issued with cushioned insoles.

Posted By Melanie Fellows I'm with you now - for those people with more 'specific' needs, I provide the specification and an amount of money allowed, they buy the footwear & then claim back up to the allowance value on expenses (any extra, they pay the difference themself). Mel

Posted By Mike Foulds We are a warehouse operation and have a right old mix of staff, we offer several different styles, sizes and fitting of shoes, some boots style, some trainer style. It does a lot of good for staff moral when they are happy with what they are wearing. We have a rule that says that staff can only wear company supplied footwear, that way we control the safety features of the footwear, sole, grip, steel mid-sole, chemical resistance the list goes on... Staff supplying there own means you do not have that control...people turn up in Doc Martins or rigger boots, poor soles or its starts to turn into a brand fashion show. Our uniform supplier is excellent (not advertising so cant put the name or phone number) drop me a mail if you want their details. They have produced a catalog that the staff can choose from just with the range available to them both ladies fit and gents, its quick delivery and if sizing is an issue we order two different sizes and return or keep the ones that do not fit. As the meerkat says 'simples' Mike

Posted By Swis How would an insole, adjust someone’s foot in a shoe which is either too thin or to thick (wide). Not having a ‘good fit’ shoes in itself is a hazard. The law requires to provide 'appropriate' PPE not just 'any' PPE.

Posted By Bob Youel Just a comment I went to a major PPE provider recently and was told that they no longer sell half sizes [shoes]as stock so you have to have what they have readily available e.g. its to big or its to small1 or wait until an order is processed but they did not seem interested in processing the order they were only interested in selling stock items! This is a sample of business selling only what they want to sell and using the '1 size fits all approach' thus making it harder to comply with the PPE regs

Posted By BethR Our guys have a choice of 4 pairs of boots, if they want something else they can go and choose them in their own time, and they pay any additional costs to their allowance. I go into the shop and pick my own and therefore i can make sure they fit. if your looking for safety boots i would recommend the female doc martin range.