UK nurses win suit, won't be forced to change with men in locker rooms
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"Nurses in Darlington have won a landmark employment tribunal case after a judge ruled that an NHS policy allowing biological males to use women’s changing rooms constituted harassment and discrimination."
“By requiring the Claimants to share a changing room with a biological male trans woman… the Respondent engaged in unwanted conduct related to sex and gender reassignment which had the effect of violating the dignity of the Claimants and creating for the Claimants a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment,” the tribunal said in its decision.
The panel also found fault with the Darlington NHS Foundation Trust's response to staff complaints.
“By not taking seriously and declining to address the Claimants’ concerns of August and September 2023 and of 04 April 2024, regarding that part of the Transition in the Workplace Policy that afforded biological males access to the female changing room, the Respondent engaged in unwanted conduct related to sex and gender reassignment which had the effect of creating for the Claimants a hostile and intimidating environment,” the ruling added.
The decision follows last year’s Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers, which clarified the legal meaning of sex under equality law.
good outcome. 1 thing goes right, in Labour UK