HRC Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines
Samir Luther, Manager, HRC Workplace Project
As an emerging area of interest and concern to employers in America, extending workplace protections to transgender employees presents new challenges and opportunities to managers and human resources professionals who may have had little previous exposure to this issue.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation developed the following guidelines as best current practices for employers and their transgender employees, particularly employees who are beginning or who are in the process of transitioning on the job. These guidelines set expectations for the employee, the employee’s managers and Human Resources and should be easily accessible.
In the process of adapting these guidelines for a specific employer’s use, the language used in these guidelines should be evaluated for conformity with the employer’s common terminology, procedures and reporting structures. In particular, references to “Human Resources” should be defined with respect to site-specific and centralized human resource offices or personnel; employee assistance programs; diversity-specific personnel; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employee resource groups; or other resources and standard procedures.
HRC Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines [PDF]