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UNISON urges HSE to improve COVID guidance for employers

The union is highlighting the particular risk to vulnerable workers The article UNISON urges HSE to improve COVID guidance for employers first appeared on the UNISON National site.

UNISON raises COVID-19 concerns for members at army college

Christina McAnea has written to the defence secretary seeking urgent response The article UNISON raises COVID-19 concerns for members at army college first appeared on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures

Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant The article UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures first appeared on the UNISON...

UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new COVID variant

Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus The article UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new...

UNISON welcomes better health and safety protection for zero-hours workers

High Court rules that zero-hours workers should have the same protection as others The article UNISON welcomes better health and safety protection for zero-hours workers first appeared on the UNISON...

Politics can‘t interfere in the approval of PPE, warns UNISON

Political pressure to approve substandard PPE does not bode well for HSE independence once the UK finally leaves the safety of the EU, says the union The article Politics can‘t interfere in the...

UNISON recruits record numbers of health and safety reps

Since UNISON launched Be on the safe side campaign to recruit new health and safety reps this summer, over 1,000 members have come forward The article UNISON recruits record numbers of health and...

UNISON president calls for a ‘global recovery’ after the pandemic

UNISON members address virtual TUC congress, highlighting the impact on workers of the COVID-19 pandemic The article UNISON president calls for a ‘global recovery’ after the pandemic...

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

UNISON has launched a COVID-19 workplace exposure questionnaire in partnership with Thompsons solicitors The article Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know first appeared on the UNISON...

Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the age of COVID

Julia O’Connell, the vice chair of UNISON’s national women’s committee, explains what’s it like to be pregnant – and working – during COVID-19 The article Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the...