Employers told to look at single-sex space policies after nurses’ tribunal

Nurses (left to right) Carly Hoy, Karen Danson, Annice Grundy, Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey and Jane Peveller after a press conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle, after an employment tribunal ruled they suffered harassment which violated their dignity and created “a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment for them” (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

Employers have been told they need to look at their policies on single-sex spaces after an employment tribunal found nurses had suffered harassment which violated their dignity.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued the warning after the ruling, published on Friday, said sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague had created “a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment” for nurses in Darlington.