Scotland's civil service agreed to delete the word 'MOTHER' fr | BASED ANON
Scotland's civil service agreed to delete the word 'MOTHER' from its maternity leave policy after being urged by Stonewall to remove 'gendered' words from official documents
° Documents released under Freedom of Information laws uncovered how Leslie Evans, the permanent secretary, agreed to make the change in a bid to climb the lobby group's controversial Workplace Equality Index. Stonewall requests ministers to remove 'gendered' words from official policies as part of its advice on becoming more LGBT friendly
