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On International Workers’ Memorial Day, Chris Cooper, a member of UNISON’s national health and safety committee, shares the tragic story behind why he became an H&S rep
Parliamentary work and pensions committee calls for a 40-year deadline for the safe removal of all asbestos in public buildings
As part of the government’s Living with COVID-19 plan, from 1 April, it will remove the health and safety requirement for every employer to explicitly consider COVID-19 in their risk assessments […]
Even as COVID restrictions loosen, health and safety legislation must still be followed and risks to employees minimised
Move comes as cases of the Omicron variant soar and HSE figures reveal the scale of the pandemic impact on workers’ health
UNISON call for more inspection and enforcement of workplace health and safety as results of a new survey are released
In doing so, many members might be struck by a paradox: the sense that everything has changed – but nothing has changed. This isn’t to trivialise what has been and continues to be an […]
If only the Westminster government could show some of the responsibility it wants the rest of us to take on
Employers must do more to keep staff safe and that includes properly recording exposure
The pandemic focused the world’s attention on health and safety. But for UNISON’s health and safety reps, protecting everyone in the workplace was already a way of life
As we approach International Workers’ Memorial Day, UNISON looks back at a year when workplace safety took centre stage
The union is highlighting the particular risk to vulnerable workers
Christina McAnea has written to the defence secretary seeking urgent response
Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant