On the NUJ statement on revised EHRC Equality Act Code of Practice part 2.
The Code of Practice – which was submitted to the government in autumn of last year and has now been published – outlines how associations, businesses, and public-facing services should organise their facilities in accordance with the law. The EHRC has indicated that updated guidance addressing employers and workplaces will be published in due course.
An earlier version of the EHRC guidance, published in response to that ruling, was met with widespread criticism, prompting the Commission to undertake further consultation before issuing this revised version.
The NUJ reiterates its position that all workers, including trans and non-binary workers, have the right to safety, dignity and full participation. As the TUC states: “Dignity at work is not a limited resource. Women’s rights to safety, respect and equality are fundamental – and so are the rights of trans people.” Any members experiencing discrimination at work should contact the union for support.
The TUC can state it until it’s blue in the face, but it will be wrong. “Dignity at work” fucking well is a limited resource if you take it away from women in order to give it to men. Women don’t have “dignity at work” if the men at work are allowed and encouraged to bounce into the women’s spaces whenever they like.
I get so tired of pompous empty blather of that kind when it’s used to bully women into being doormats. How pathetic is it that it’s a union of journalists babbling this dreck?
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