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Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre attracted controversy in 2024 during a tribunal hearing a [[constructive dismissal]] claim from former employee, Roz Adams.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=Haroon |last2=correspondent |first2=Haroon Siddique Legal affairs |date=2024-01-19 |title=‘A politically toxic issue’: the legal battles over gender-critical beliefs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/a-politically-toxic-issue-the-legal-battles-over-gender-critical-beliefs |access-date=2024-01-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Macaskill |first=Mark |date=2024-04-03 |title=Trans boss accused of ‘heresy hunt’ against gender-critical employee |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/03/transgender-boss-rape-charity-accused-of-heresy-hunt/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Rape Crisis Scotland issued a statement saying they were not involved in any of the circumstances leading to the tribunal, and reiterated that all centres must provide dedicated women-only spaces. <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=News {{!}} Our statement on the ongoing employment tribunal concerning Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre |url=https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/news/news/our-statement-on-the-ongoing-employment-tribunal-concerning-edinburgh-rape-crisis-centre/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Rape Crisis Scotland |language=en}}</ref> The statement included references to survivor centres and trauma informed support.
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Rape Crisis support services should be survivor centred, trauma informed and meet survivors where their needs are. All Rape Crisis Centres in Scotland are signed up to working within UK-wide national services standards. These set out that every Centre must provide and protect dedicated women only spaces. These standards also require Rape Crisis Centres to ensure that their services are informed by the needs of service users, with each service user being an active partner in the support they receive. <ref name=":4" />
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Roz Adams won her case in May 2024. The tribunal found that she had been constructively dismissed in a process by the CEO and management that was described as a "heresy hunt".<ref name=times>{{Cite news |last=Wade |first=Mike |date=2024-05-20 |title=Victory for worker in rape centre gender row |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edinburgh-rape-crisis-centre-condemned-gender-critical-worker-pzj35f0fj |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name=critic>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Why Roz Adams won {{!}} Michael Foran |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/why-roz-adams-won/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=The Critic Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{Cite news |last=Macaskill |first=Mark |date=2024-04-03 |title=Trans boss accused of ‘heresy hunt’ against gender-critical employee |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/03/transgender-boss-rape-charity-accused-of-heresy-hunt/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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