Stonewall urges employers to give trans staff two email addresses so they can swap gender identities

Nov 13, 2022 by Jill

by Ewan Somerville, Telegraph:

Stonewall is urging employers to let staff have two email addresses to swap gender identities on different days, The Telegraph can reveal.

The contentious LGBT charity has drawn up new guidance for hundreds of organisations vying for spots on its “workplace equality index” (WEI), one of the UK’s largest benchmarking schemes.

This newspaper has obtained the form that employers must submit for Stonewall’s 2023 index, with each question marked by the charity in return for a ranking score on its “top 100 employers” league table or a bronze, silver or gold award.

But MPs have branded it “frankly absurd” and “extremely concerning”, with an ex-minister calling on the Government to ensure taxpayer cash is not wasted.

Last year’s top 100 Stonewall WEI, which is free, included six Government departments, NHS England, six regional NHS bodies, four police forces, three fire services and 10 universities.

One question on the 2023 form asks how employers “enable non-binary employees to have their identities recognised on all employee-facing workplace systems”.

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