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Top 10 HR questions June 2026: GPG reporting and non-binary staff

Brightmine logoJune’s top HR questions feature an FAQ on how to include trans employees in gender pay gap calculations.

The most popular question in June reflects the practical difficulties for employers in deciding how to include trans employees in their gender pay gap calculations.

Recently updated government guidance attempts to implement the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, requiring gender pay gap reporting to be based on employees’ biological sex. The guidance acknowledges the challenges this poses, as employers have no straightforward way to obtain this information.

Summer issues feature in the top 10, with HR asking, perhaps hopefully, whether there is a maximum temperature for workplaces, and how to manage dubious sickness absence around World Cup matches.

The consequences of withdrawing a job offer after the candidate has accepted it are also addressed, with an FAQ explaining the relevance of the wording of conditional offers, and the reason for the employer wanting to withdraw it.

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Top 10 HR questions in June 2026

1. How should employers treat transgender and non-binary employees when calculating the organisation’s gender pay gap?

2. Is there a maximum workplace temperature beyond which employees cannot be expected to work?

3. What does dismissal for “some other substantial reason” mean?

4. Can an employer withdraw an employment offer that has been accepted, for example if there is a subsequent recruitment freeze?

5. What is a settlement agreement?

6. Is an employee who has exhausted their sick pay entitled to notice pay if dismissed on grounds of ill health?

7. What should an employer do if it suspects that an employee’s reported sickness absence is not genuine and is due instead to them taking time off work to watch a football match?

8. In a redundancy situation, when do employers have to offer suitable alternative employment?

9. What defines a self-employed person?

10. Will an employee who takes time off for fertility treatment be entitled to statutory or contractual sick pay?

 

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