New good practice guide: Supporting transgender employees

The good practice guide explains the steps that employers can take to develop an inclusive workplace for transgender men and women. 

Many transgender men and women experience difficulties at work, including harassment. We set out how to create an inclusive workplace for transgender men and women, including what employers can do to support an employee who is transitioning. 

• Good practice: Creating an inclusive workplace for transgender employees We discuss: senior-level commitment to creating an inclusive workplace; confidentiality arrangements; supportive policies and procedures; training for employees; inclusive recruitment procedures; and monitoring. 

Also

How to deal with employees who are undergoing gender reassignment We set out the steps that will help to make the transition for a transsexual employee, work colleagues and clients as smooth as possible. 

Gender reassignment policy Use this model policy as part of the staff policy manual or handbook in addition to an equal opportunities policy and a dignity at work policy. 

The XpertHR FAQs section deals with gender reassignment discrimination:

• Are employees protected from discrimination on the ground that they have undergone a sex change?
• Does an employee need to undergo medical treatment to reassign his or her gender to be protected against discrimination?
• Should employees who are in the process of undergoing gender reassignment be required to use the toilet facilities for their original gender, or should they be entitled to use the facilities for the gender to which they are changing?