Submitted on Tuesday 25th May 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 1st June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Transphobia rife among UK employers as 1 in 3 won't hire a transgender.
The UK law is limiting in protecting transgender workers from discrimination.
The government to give equality to all transgender in the workplace and change the law on employing transgender.
This is causing poverty and suicide amongst the transgender community.
There is a strong prejudice among UK employers towards transgender workers with 1 in 3 employers admitting they are "less likely" to hire a transgender person and nearly half (43%) unsure if the would recruit a transgender.
88% have no trans-inclusive workplace policy. The percentage of industries that wont employ transgender.
The retail sector (47%)
IT (45%), leisure and hospitality (35%) and manufacturing (34%)
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's already illegal to discriminate against transgender people in employment.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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