Transgender Discrimination (Barbados)

In the case of Hoffmann v Court Caribbean Law Practice, the Employment Rights Tribunal confirmed that it is not automatically unfair to dismiss an employee due to their transgender under section 30 of the Employment Rights Act 2012.

Also see the news item entitled Additional Award for Automatic Unfair Dismissal.

Please note that the Employment (Prevention of Discrimination) Act 2020

(E(PD)A) does not apply to transgender discrimination. See section 3(2) of the E(PD)A.