Registration & coffee

WELCOME, TERMS OF REFERENCE, LEARNING OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES

UNDERSTANDING FIRST

• Medical definitions and terms
• Statistics and background
• Language: glossary of terms
• Pronouns
• Trans and non-binary staff in the workplace: what are the challenges?
• Unconscious bias
• Cultural fit challenges
• Re-engineering agency relationships
• Educating line managers

Coffee & networking

LEGISLATION ROUND-UP AND UPDATE: ENSURING YOU ARE WORKING WITHIN THE NEW LAW

• Protected characteristics
• Equality Act
• Gender Recognition Act
• Recent cases and lessons learned: Primark gender reassignment case

Lunch & networking

POLICY AND PRACTICE: WHERE DO YOU NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE?

• The employer’s role in the transition team
• Timelines, consultations and surgeries: understanding the processes
• Getting to grips with the emotional and medical processes and procedures: where can the supportive employer make a difference?
• Understanding fluidity of gender identification
• Overcoming the limitations of binary categorisation
• What is your current trans and non-binary policy?
• How should you support employees through transition?
• Sick leave considerations
• HR implications:
  • Amending and recording gender
  • How and when to communicate to colleagues and clients
  • Dress codes: who is affected and why?
  • How to encourage disclosure on employee data
  • GRC
  • Other considerations: data, systems, processes, suppliers, supply chain, facilities
• Future-proofing your employment policies and practices

Afternoon tea & networking

COMPANY ADJUSTMENTS YOU CAN AND SHOULD MAKE NOW: CASE STUDIES AND BRAINSTORMING SESSION

Delegates will be encouraged to exchange ideas and experiences, exploring best practice and ensuring their organisation complies with current and future legislation

• Trans awareness training
• Embedding a new mentality
• Addressing difficult questions
• Adopting and publicising your non-binary and trans-inclusion policy
• Awkwardness to bullying and everything in between: an alternative view of working life
• Discrimination: stats and surveys
• Safeguarding employees and managing concerns
• Creating inclusive cultures
• Promoting listening. Learning and respect to foster engagement and inclusion

Wrap up and outstanding questions

End of workshop