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Heatwave advice for schools and early years settings

Schools and early years settings have the authority and responsibility to take whatever steps they deem […]

Page on the UNISON National site.

Be On The Safe Side: Work related stress and mental health

Date
1 November 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm
Location
Online webinar

Work can be a major cause or contributor to poor mental health.  Under health and safety law, your employer should be taking steps to […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Health and Weather warnings for extreme heat

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 […]

Page on the UNISON National site.

Building Safe and Healthy Workplaces for Women

Date
8 March 2022 4:00pm–5:45pm
Location
online

On International Women’s Day, UNISON’s National Health and Safety Committee and Women’s Committee will be hosting a webinar on the hazards in women’s work. We will hear from a variety of speakers looking at the hazards women face in the workplace and how we can organise around them. We will be joined by international speaker, […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Be On The Safe Side: Personal safety and lone working

Date
6 December 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm
Location
Online webinar

The webinar will also explore how you can become more active in health and safety by becoming a UNISON health and safety representative. To register click on this link […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Be On The Safe Side: Menopause and workplace health and safety

Date
18 October 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm
Location
Online Webinar

The 18th October is World Menopause day, come and find out why the menopause is a workplace health and safety issue and what employers […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Health & safety live

Date
9 – 12 March 2021
Location
Online

A series of events, under the collective name of “Health & Safety Live”. These will include a number of speakers, including the new UNISON General Secretary, Christina McAnea, and Shelly Asquith, the TUC’s lead officer on health & safety. It will also include workshops and other interactive sessions These events will use a combination of […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

International Workers’ Memorial Day – unionised workplaces are safer workplaces!

Date
28 April 2018 11:00am
Location
World-wide

International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) on 28 April is our day to remember the dead and fight for the living. Up to 50,000 people die each year in the UK from work-related ill health and […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Health and safety

Every year, thousands of people suffer accidents and ill-health at work - most of which could be avoided […]

Page on the UNISON National site.

Work equipment

Learn about the health and safety issues around work equipment

Event on the UNISON National site.

Manual handling

Learn about the health and safety issues around manual handling

Event on the UNISON National site.

Display screen equipment

Learn about the health and safety issues with display screen equipment.

Event on the UNISON National site.

2022 Health and Safety Seminar

Date
24 May 2022 9:00am–5:00pm
Location
ExCel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL

As always this is a very popular event, whilst some public health measures have been removed across the UK, as members and activists are playing a pivotal role in […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Exclusive preview of our new digital workplace risk assessment tool

Date
15 March 2021 11:00am–12:00pm
Location
Online

This short webinar is aimed at UNISON members thinking of taking the first steps to become more active in health and safety in the workplace. This includes finding out about the role of a UNISON Safety rep and what training and development is available. As more workers start to go back to workplaces in the […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

UNISON National Mental Health Seminar 2018

Date
10 October 2018 11:30am–6:00pm
Location
130 Euston Road London NW1 2AY

To coincide with World Mental Health Day, UNISON are hold a Mental Health Seminar at UNISON Centre in London UNISON is marking “World Mental Health Day” with a one-day Seminar to be held at UNISON Centre, Euston Road, London NW1 2AY. We will be looking at what is “mental health” in the workplace and the […]

Event on the UNISON National site.