In the next few months there will be a string of employment tribunal cases addressing the question of when, if ever, the provision of mixed-sex facilities such as toilets and changing rooms will be unlawfully discriminatory against women.
I confess I'm a little troubled by the idea that a simple risk of being placed far from home is a detriment ... but a risk of seeing a man using the urinal would definitely be such because a woman would experience fear and discomfort every time she thought about going.
My former workplace waa going to make the women's toilets all-gender, but the men's would stay as men's, precisely because they had urinals. The boss wanted to protect the men from all us voyeuristic women, apparently
Thanks for an excellent explanation of direct sex discrimination , Michael and hope you are right re the unlawfulness of mixed sex toilets.
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Dusty
Great analysis of the distinction between direct & indirect discrimination.
I confess I'm a little troubled by the idea that a simple risk of being placed far from home is a detriment ... but a risk of seeing a man using the urinal would definitely be such because a woman would experience fear and discomfort every time she thought about going.
My former workplace waa going to make the women's toilets all-gender, but the men's would stay as men's, precisely because they had urinals. The boss wanted to protect the men from all us voyeuristic women, apparently