Employers urged to help lone workers stay safe
UNISON health and safety seminar hears 66% of lone workers have faced violence and aggression
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Community members call for good mental health policies
‘No worker should be hiding their mental health status because of stigma or from fear the employer would not support them’
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UNISON launches campaign to combat musculoskeletal injuries
Launch comes on national RSI awareness day as research reveals another cost of austerity
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Delegates stress their union’s role in fighting sexual harassment
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
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Women’s conference opens with a range of debates
Delegates discuss health and safety for women, plus the plight of the Waspi generation
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Liverpool signs up to UNISON’s End Violence at Work charter
City council becomes first to make union's charter a key part of its commissioning process
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Cleaners at the forefront of needlestick injuries
Figures show the importance of controlling hazards, as European Health and Safety Week gets under way.
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Time to stop the violence plaguing workers in the community sector
MPs join UNISON members and employers at parliamentary launch of union’s Violence at Work charter
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The UK’s disappearing meat hygiene inspectors
Between March 2013 and April 2017, the number of meat inspectors employed by the independent Food Standards Agency (FSA) dropped by 30%.
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Everyone has the right to a safe and secure workplace, declares conference
Too many community, housing and care workers are being ‘attacked at work for minimum wage’ as a normal part of the job
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