Guidance includes: Identifying the times lone workers are most at risk so support and help can be targeted Providing workers with contact names for […]
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This means most workers have no legal safeguards to protect them from working during uncomfortably high temperatures or […]
“It is most important that a local authority has a forum set up for disabled workers” so that they can voice their grievances. Conference heard of a worker who had cancer and was […]
UNISON represents 600,000 of them – social workers, librarians, housing officers, refuse collectors, cleaners, homecare workers, youth workers […]
For instance, when technology doesn’t work as expected, it can leave workers more isolated. UNISON head of health and safety Robert Baughan said that Ms Garnier had […]
‘No worker should be hiding their mental health status because of stigma or from fear the employer would not support them’
Launch comes on national RSI awareness day as research reveals another cost of austerity
Debates suggest a range of approaches to tackling the problem, including education for employers and promoting a scheme to help women if they’re feeling unsafe
First day of debate sees elegates discuss health and safety for women, plus the plight of the Waspi generation
“Employers must remember their duty to look after their workers by measures such as frequent breaks from the cold, facilities for warming up, warm drinks […]
City council becomes first to make union’s charter a key part of its commissioning process
Figures show the importance of controlling hazards, as European Health and Safety Week gets under way
She also spoke about how for many public service workers it is “an accepted fact” that there are occasions when people behave in a violent or aggressive […]
Between March 2013 and April 2017, the number of meat inspectors employed by the independent Food Standards Agency (FSA) dropped by 30%
Workers in the community, voluntary and housing sectors should not have to accept violent or aggressive […]