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

UNISON beat the government in a landmark legal win in 2018, securing the scrapping of employment tribunal fees. So why is the government trying to bring them back?

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

We take a quick look back at some of the highlights of our first three decades

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

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

So we sat down with Shantha David, one of many Black women making history at UNISON, to find out how she is fighting for equality, helping to make members’ lives better […]

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

At the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, the union adapted its processes and a new dedicated legal helpline was set up. This number is now no longer needed and access to UNISON's legal help can […]

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

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

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

UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action

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

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. […]