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Employment law: improving work-life balance

UNISON’s legal team explores several new and amended regulations that seek to improve family life for employees

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

UNISON opinion: Why could tribunal fees be on the way back?

UNISON celebrates its landmark victory over the scrapping of employment tribunal fees at the Supreme Court in London with general secretary Dave Prentis. Westminster, London. The court […]

Article, Blogs on the UNISON National site.

Legal briefing: sexual harassment at work

UNISON’s legal team looks at current attempts, through the Worker Protection Bill, to strengthen legal safeguards against workplace harassment, including sexual harassment

Behind the headlines, bigger picture, Magazine on the Magazine site.

UNISON at 30 – celebrate good times, come on!

It arranges grants to help members meet the costs of school uniforms, winter fuel bills, wellbeing breaks and special financial assistance. There for You has also […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON secures £29m in personal injury settlements for members

The vast majority of these cases were work-related personal injury claims

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

A landmark year for our lawyers

UNISON’s in-house legal team has had a busy year, whether securing millions of pounds in personal injury claims, protecting pensions or defending strikers from intimidation

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Making legal history, every month

Shantha David is the first Black or Asian woman to head the legal services team of a trade union – not just the first at UNISON, but the first anywhere in the UK

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON wins over £1.7m for members in a single month

Almost 200 victories in a month shows the value of the union’s personal injury legal assistance scheme, which is free to use, win or lose

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Update on UNISON’s legal assistance

Access to UNISON’s legal assistance has reverted to the UNISONdirect service.

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know 

UNISON has launched a COVID-19 workplace exposure questionnaire in partnership with Thompsons solicitors

Article on the UNISON National site.

New ways for members to get legal help

During the COVID-19 crisis, UNISON has changed its processes to make it easier for members to get legal support at no extra cost, as part of their union membership

Article on the UNISON National site.

Whatever happened to the silly season?

August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy

Article on the UNISON National site.

A great October

UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action

News on the UNISON National site.

Getting hot, hot, hot – July at UNISON

Whilst UNISON enjoyed the sun and the World Cup as much as the next union, we also didn’t let them stop us working as hard as ever on behalf of our members. Here are just some of our highlights from July

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government owes workers millions one year on from employment tribunal win, says UNISON

Thousands of people treated unfairly at work have still not been refunded hundreds of pounds they paid out to take their employers to court, says UNISON today (Thursday). It is a year today since a landmark Supreme Court decision led to the scrapping of employment tribunal fees, following a successful legal case brought by UNISON. […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.