The Co-operative Group (Co-op) updates its workplace toilet policy for transgender and non-binary staff, removing prior guidance that allowed employees to use the gender-specific facilities they felt “safest.” The change follows new UK legal guidance on how single-sex spaces should be handled in the workplace.
Previously, Co-op guidance indicated that at sites with gender-specific toilets, trans employees could use the toilets they felt most comfortable using, and it set expectations about disabled access. The revised policy removes this explicit permission and guidance.
The outlets report the same core development: the company rescinds the “feel safest” approach in light of updated legal direction. While the coverage differs in wording and framing, both describe Co-op’s policy overhaul as a response to guidance intended to clarify employers’ obligations for single-sex facilities. The updates affect internal workplace toilet-use instructions, not specific claims about individual incidents.
