Hello would anyone have a Trans gender risk assessment they could fire across to me please ? 

Originally Posted by: Messy

How would being transgender require a RA? You might need to supply a little more info.on the task they are undertaking or why a RA is required

It has nothing to do with the task they are performing that willl already be covered. It's more of the psychosocial risks around being transgender e.g. Hraasment, discrimination, bullying etc. I am most certainly not an expert on the subject and was hoping someone had been down that route before

All things being equal, Do we have RAs for straight and gay people who could be exposed to the same  "Bullying, Harrasment and Discrimination" H&S gone OTT.

Pretty certain that a trans specific RA would fall foul of the Equality act 2010. There should be no special measures put in place for a trans person that you wouldn't also put in place for a cis-gendered person. This would be covered by your bullying/harassment policy and covered with such terms as "discrimination, bullying or haressment based on any protected characteristics, such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnancy, race, religion or belief system, sex, and sexual orientation, will not be tolerated"

Then you should have a general RA in place to cover how you deal with violence at work and/or bullying/haressment.

Whilst I get tha points mentioned it is worthy of noting the metal health aspects of being a transgender person...it isn't a mental health illness but it can bring upon the person anxiety and depression or they may experience gender dysphoria...which will indeed be present in the workplace and dependant on thier task is a risk worthy of consideration...

mmm...and we wonder why people have mental health issues in the workplace...  well done...for trivialising something that can mean that the affected poeple turn to suicide...well done...

if you had actually read the post your mental health risk assessment should cover all these aspects

If you feel I trivialised mental health and suicide in my post, I can only offer my deepest apology, it was never my intention. As a suicide survivor I find my coping mechanisms are sometimes to find dark humour in these issues. I often forget that people don't know my history, and therefore it can come across as crass and offensive.

I have no argument with you, Steve!  I was responding to other posts.

Originally Posted by: matelot1965

Hi All,

Many thanks for your responses and I think you all have made sound points.  I agree with you all and I will be no longer looking for an RA on this. Thanks

I personally, wouldn't not consider the aspects of the transgender process. there are elements, depending on the type of work you do where the transition, (either way), may be affected by the work being done.

Manual handling - making sure your RA on this is comprehensive and covers EVERYONE, without offending ANYONE, and no-one can come back to you after an incident and say, Well, I shouldn't have been doing that because of my current life choices and their effects on my body ergonomics, (I may not have worded this totally PC, but hopefully it isn't upsetting anyone).

Working with chemicals - different chemicals affect the Male and Female physiology differently, you would probably have to consider this,

I, (and we all), could keep adding to this list, in today's world

So I do agree the company policy on attitudes and acceptable behaviours within the company are an HR thing, but I don't think it could be said that there are not H & S factors to be considered

How many COSHH assessments have you ever seen, reproductive effects aside, that account for the different effects of chemicals on the physiology of males and females?

Reproductive risks can differ and are at least sometimes considered in COSHH assessments, but seem not very relevant as gender reassignment does not confer the ability to perform the reproductive role of the sex corresponding to the chosen gender.

My second paragraph could be distilled to "Trans women can't get pregnant and trans men can't fertilise an egg, so the chemicals that can interfere with these processes aren't relevant"

Nothing to do with mental health.

A couple of points.  1. HSE do expect companies to apply the management standards as stress and poor metal health are a foresseable risk at work.  2. On protected characteristics under the Equalities Act. CIS-gender is not a recognised term. The term best used is sex. Sex (male and female) is a protected charateristic, so dicrimination on this basis is illegal - women and men can't be discriminated agains with the exception of certain limited circumstances. For example a trans woman who was told they could not dress how they wish at work would be protected due to their sex (male) being legally protected. Gender reasignement - through a gender reassignement certificate - is also a protected charateristic. However, trans and transexual are not the same under the Equalities Act.  The EHRC commission stated "Protected characteristics - These are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation." Hope this helps with leagl framing.