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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
Union says that government’s ‘potentially dangerous’ Living with COVID-19 plans could undermine health and safety regulations in England
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
So your employer should be monitoring these alerts and discussing the potential health and safety impacts to workers that may arise with health and safety reps. This is because our bodies work […]
UNISON call for more inspection and enforcement of workplace health and safety as results of a new survey are released
The national executive council (NEC) introduced a motion at this year's special delegate conference that spelled this out – recognising that the experience of the pandemic has created conditions […]
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 to Covid-19. Ministers must also invest in the […]
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 had previously written to the HSE on these issues last summer, but since then, with the spread of more […]
Christina McAnea has written to the defence secretary seeking urgent response