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It’s scandalous that women such as Sandie Peggie and Eleanor Frances have had to put everything on the line because regulators have failed to uphold laws that have been in place for decades
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Sex Matters ended the week by writing to the Health and Safety Executive, the regulator for workplace health and safety across Britain, calling for it to do its job, and suggesting that it works with the EHRC to issue “postcard-sized” guidance. Let’s see what next week brings!
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...raising concerns about NHS Scotland’s policy and whether it is likely to comply with and accurately represent Equality Act 2010 provisions, and the 1992 regulations.
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On Friday, the Equality and Human Rights Commission stepped in and wrote a sharp letter to Neil Gray, to the First Minister and to the head of NHS Scotland...
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
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The First Minister claimed that the law is “crystal clear” but also that it would be unlawful of him to talk about the Scottish Government's position on the definition of sex because of the ongoing For Women Scotland case.
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As many lawyers, such as Scott Wortley, pointed out, the relevant legislation for employers is the 1992 regulations and no such test applies.
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On Thursday, the Scottish First Minister stood up in Parliament, and said he is sticking by guidance. He defended NHS Scotland’s guidance to take a “case-by-case” approach to deciding that some men are allowed to undress in women’s changing rooms.
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We drew his attention to NHS Scotland’s Workforce gender transitioning guide, which fails to mention the legal requirement of the 1992 workplace regulations requiring employers to provide separate-sex facilities.
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...calling on him to make an urgent statement supporting the right of women and men working in the NHS to suitable separate-sex facilities, and to instruct the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland to bring its policies back into line with the law.
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On Tuesday, Sex Matters, along with Murray Blackburn Mackenzie, For Women Scotland and Fair Play For Women, wrote to Neil Gray MSP, the Scottish government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care...
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What started with one woman standing her ground and saying “No” has already led to questions in the Scottish Parliament, and a turn-around in position by the Scottish Labour party, and involvement of the national equality watchdog.
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The case has had coverage everywhere (apart from The Guardian) and has continued to make front-page news, political debate and kitchen-table conversations.