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Gender-fluid worker receives £180,000 compensation after being subjected to insults from colleagues

In the 24 September 2020 news update we reported that in Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover an ET found that the protection under the Equality Act for those undergoing gender reassignment extended to non-binary and gender-fluid individuals, and went on to uphold Taylor’s harassment, discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal claims.
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In the 24 September 2020 news update we reported that in Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover an ET found that the protection under the Equality Act for those undergoing gender reassignment extended to non-binary and gender-fluid individuals, and went on to uphold Taylor’s harassment, discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal claims. Ms Taylor, who prefers to use the female pronoun, had worked as an engineer for the company for almost 20 years and previously presented as male when she began identifying as gender fluid in 2017. She claimed she was subsequently subjected to insults from colleagues and abusive jokes. The BBC report that at a subsequent remedy hearing compensation was agreed at £180,000. JLR apologised and said it was using the recommendations of the case to strengthen its “diversity and inclusion strategy”.

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