US EditionNurse Sandy Peggie to appeal trans doctor row judgment following 'completely made up' quote claim
Sandie Peggie plans to challenge a tribunal ruling that upheld harassment claims but dismissed discrimination allegations amid a corrected judgment containing a fabricated quote.
- Sandie Peggie, a nurse with 30 years of experience, refused to share a women's changing room with a transgender woman named Dr. Upton at a hospital in Scotland and was suspended from work.
- An employment tribunal found that some of Peggie's comments towards Dr. Upton amounted to harassment and breached the health board's policies, but dismissed her other claims of discrimination and victimization.
- Peggie has vowed to appeal the tribunal's judgment and not give up her legal fight against NHS Fife.
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Fife nurse Sandie Peggie to lodge appeal over trans doctor changing room ruling
Sandie Peggie, a Scottish nurse who complained about sharing a women’s changing room with a trans doctor, is going to appeal the tribunal judgment she received, she and her legal team have announced. Earlier this year, Sandie Peggie launched an employment tribunal against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton after she was suspended from her job for objecting to Dr Upton – a trans woman – using the women’s changing rooms at in the hospital they both worked…
Scottish nurse to appeal transgender changing room ruling
Sandy Peggie – the Scottish nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor – has announced she will appeal her employment tribunal judgement, which was published earlier this week. Her supporters highlighted inaccuracies in the ruling, including one quote which they said was “completely made up”. Sandy Peggie won a claim for harassment against her employer, NHS Fife. But all other allegations of discrimination a…
Nurse Sandy Peggie to appeal trans doctor row judgment following 'completely made up' quote claim
The decision comes after supporters of the nurse highlighted alleged inaccuracies in a tribunal ruling. The case centres on a dispute with a transgender medic about a female changing room.
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