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Gender reassignment discrimination
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its case against Jennifer Melle, the nurse suspended for talking to the media about how her NHS trust treated her after she misgendered a trans patient. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust confidentially settled its high-profile tribunal case with Melle in April, just before an employment tribunal case was to be heard.
The Government has laid the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before Parliament. Having received ministerial approval, Parliament now has 40 days to scrutinise the code. If it does not reject it, the Government will set a date for it to come into force.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has extended its planned consultation on an updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations - following the Supreme Court's biological sex judgment - from two to six weeks.
An interim update by the equality watchdog on the practical implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of sex in the Equality Act has been described as 'ill-considered and impractical', with some MPs calling for it to be withdrawn.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.
News: HR and legal information and guidance relating to gender reassignment discrimination.