EHRC urgently reviews employer guidance on single-sex jobs
Equalities watchdog alerted that women’s refuges are ‘routinely’ and ‘unlawfully’ advertising positions to male-born applicants
The equalities watchdog is urgently reviewing its guidance for employers on single-sex jobs as women’s refuges are “routinely” and “unlawfully” advertising positions to male-born applicants.
The Equality Act has exemptions which allow employers to restrict a job role to a particular sex if they can show it is an “occupational requirement” and is “a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”.
Under these rules, it is lawful for women’s domestic violence and rape charities to advertise female-only positions.
However, the feminist campaign group Fair Play For Women (FPFW) has alerted the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to nine different charities which allow men who identify as women to apply for jobs reserved for female candidates.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/16/ehrc-reviews-employer-guidance-single-sex-jobs-trans-women/
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Congrats to Fair Play for Women who have been asking for the EHRC to enforce the law for ages now. You can even help them.
FairPlayForWomen
This is an important and long-awaited step forward.
For the 18 months we have been sending EHRC examples of employers that unlawfully encourage men to apply for female-only roles.
EHRC now commits to enforce this law.
·If you see a job advert that’s restricted to WOMEN ONLY tell us if the employer says that includes:
Transgender women
Anyone who identifies as a woman
Anyone who identifies as non-binary
It’s unlawful. We’ll send any examples you find to the EHRC and demand urgent action
https://fairplayforwomen.com/contact-us/