Gender reassignment

Gender reassignment - a guide for employers is a practical guide to help employers understand how the law applies, and how to deal with issues which may arise, when a job applicant or member of staff is a transsexual person.

The guide has a particular focus on the protection that the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 gives job applicants and employees who intend to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone gender reassignment. Since 1999 it has been unlawful under the Act for employers to discriminate against people on these grounds. As a result of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 transgendered people have new legal rights and the new guide expands and updates existing guidance to take account of these.

On 4 January 2005, the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) published guidance on the Gender Recognition Act 2004.  Click here for the Gender Recognition Panel website.