The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex, and that the legal concept of sex is binary. We asked commentators how this could impact HR.
During the Supreme Court hearing yesterday (16 April), Judge Lord Hodge stressed that the law still protects against discrimination to transgender people, and that the ruling should not be seen as "a triumph of one or two groups in our society at the expense of another".
The Supreme Court was asked to decide on how to interpret the 2010 Equality Act. Lord Hodge described the question as one that concerns how the words 'woman' and 'sex' are defined when applied within the legislation.
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