Gender critical

Christian school worker was sacked unlawfully, court rules

The Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday (12 February) that a Christian school worker was unlawfully dismissed in 2019, after posting gender-critical views on social media. Should this ruling change HR...

HR responds: Does DEI need to be reset?

"Work on diversity needs a reset," wrote diversity consultant Simon Fanshawe, in the Sunday Times on 6 October. Do HR leaders agree?

Social worker bullied for gender critical views, tribunal rules 

Lesbian social worker, Elizabeth Pitt, was harassed after she voiced gender critical views during a video call for the LGBTQ+ employee group at Cambridgeshire County Council, a tribunal ruled on 19...

EHRC clarifies rules on excluding transgender people when hiring

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released new guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination on the basis of sex in job adverts. It has also clarified when transgender people...

How HR can create a trans inclusion policy 

Writing a transgender inclusion policy can be a crucial act of support for trans employees, diversity experts have said.

"Sex realist" unfairly dismissed from rape crisis centre, tribunal rules

A rape crisis centre employee was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the grounds of her "sex realist" beliefs, a tribunal ruled.

Gender-critical teacher loses unfair dismissal claim in pronouns tribunal

A teacher has lost his employment tribunal claim that he was unfairly dismissed from New College Swindon for refusing to call a student by their preferred pronouns.