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TemaNord 2024:528
TRANS PEOPLE’S WORKING LIFE CONDITIONS IN
THE NORDIC REGION
Trans People’s Working Life Conditions in the Nordic Region
About this publication
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SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Aim, mission and implementation
Outline of the knowledge review
About the sources
METHOD AND MATERIALS
Method and delimitations
Literature
Input from key actors
Different concepts and approaches in the material
BACKGROUND
Glossary
Conditions and regulations for working life in the Nordic countries
Discrimination legislation in the Nordic countries
The Nordic model and responsibility for preventing discrimination
KNOWLEDGE REVIEW
Trans people’s employment and access to the labour market
Employment, earnings, and career development
Vulnerability and ill health are barriers from an early age
Income, type of work and employment conditions
Career development and management
Insights: Faroe Islands
Discrimination in recruitment processes
Trans people’s work environment and life in the workplace
Discrimination in the workplace
Negative treatment
The importance of workplace culture and knowledge level
Support from managers and colleagues
Risk and health factors in the workplace
Insights: Greenland
Physical work environment
Physical spaces
The importance of being able to choose your uniform
Openness in the workplace
Meetings with external contacts
Insights: Åland
Creating a supportive organisational climate
Active work, policies, and awareness-raising
Consider both overt and covert identities
Lack of knowledge leads to poor treatment
Organisational support functions and knowledge development are required
IN DIALOGUE
The need for greater knowledge
DISCUSSION
Discrimination, microaggressions and their consequences
Career development
Differences within the trans community
Poor conditions for a good start in working life
Economic consequences
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES