How to Support Transgender Employees in the Workplace - The Latest Guidance

Introduction

In April 2025 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025]. This ruling defined sex, in the Equality Act 2010, as meaning biological sex. The case has caused concern through the transgender community, particularly with regard to single sex spaces and services, which can now be provided for those with the relevant biological sex, regardless of a Gender Recognition Certificate.

However, gender reassignment is a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010, and those who have undergone, or are undergoing, gender reassignment are protected from discrimination. How should transmen and transwomen be supported in the workplace, and what does the 2025 ruling mean for them?

This webinar will provide employers with a solid understanding of what transgender status means and will offer guidance on how to ensure that employees are treated fairly and that no discrimination takes place.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Transgender status
• What it means
• The protection that an employee receives
• The tensions that might arise (e.g., for religious reasons)
• The Supreme Court ruling
• What the ruling in For Women Scotland means
• The guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission
• What this requires an employer to do
• Practical implications
• Key case law
• A look at cases that have come to the courts, what we can learn from them and what this tells us about the way that we should support transgender employees
• Harassment
• The legal definition
• The employer’s vicarious liability
• Protecting the employee
• How to manage a situation where harassment has allegedly occurred
• Policies and procedures
• What would it be useful to include in a policy and procedure?
• What training would be useful to give to line managers?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 27th February 2026

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