UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets will be ‘unworkable’

Protests took place across the UK after the supreme court’s ruling in April. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Businesses across the UK fear that new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on the use of toilets and changing rooms will be “confusing”, “unworkable” and could “undermine inclusion”.

The LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall has written to the newly appointed business and trade ministers to highlight the significant costs of compliance for struggling companies.