Nursing union did not discriminate against Sandie Peggie, tribunal rules
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An employment tribunal has ruled the Royal College of Nursing did not discriminate against nurse Sandie Peggie over her gender beliefs.
An employment tribunal in Dundee has ruled that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) did not discriminate against nurse Sandie Peggie because of her beliefs about gender. The tribunal's 37-page judgment, issued on Monday, stated that Ms Peggie's complaints of direct discrimination did not succeed and were dismissed.
Ms Peggie had brought the legal case against the RCN after an incident in December 2023, when she shared a changing room with transgender doctor Beth Upton at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. She had previously brought a separate case against NHS Fife over the same incident. When she raised concerns about the changing room arrangement with an RCN officer, Ms Peggie claimed the union failed to advise her properly and refused her request for legal assistance in relation to her claims against NHS Fife. She also accused the union of failing to seek full assurances from NHS Fife regarding its policies on single-sex spaces.
The employment judge found that the RCN official who first dealt with her complaint did not understand her gender critical beliefs to be anything more than disagreement about the use of changing facilities. Ms Peggie's spokesman said the ruling raised serious questions about the value of trade union membership, arguing that when members report workplace concerns, the responsibility should not fall on them to identify the correct statutory basis for potential legal claims.
Following the tribunal's decision, Ms Peggie's legal team said she will appeal against the ruling.
How it is being reported
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie appeals tribunalNurse Sandie Peggie will appeal against a ruling by an employment tribunal that a nursing union did not discriminate against her because of her beliefs about gender, her legal team has said.Sky News · 4 Nov, 10:16
- Sandie Peggie loses discrimination claim against nursing union over trans medic rowA nurse at the centre of a trans medic tribunal was not discriminated against by her union because of her gender beliefs, a judge has ruled.Daily Mail · 2 Nov, 19:17
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie loses discrimination case against unionThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) did not discriminate against one of its members because of her gender beliefs, a tribunal has ruled.Sky News · 2 Nov, 18:15
- RCN did not discriminate against Sandie Peggie, tribunal rulesThe Fife nurse had brought the legal case against the Royal College of Nursing over what she claimed was discrimination over her sex-realist beliefs.Evening Standard · 2 Nov, 17:21
In this story: Sandie Peggie · Royal College of Nursing · Beth Upton · NHS Fife · Victoria Hospital · Kirkcaldy
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