Moving a motion on women’s mental health at work for the national women’s committee, she explained that women experience higher levels of mental […]
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NHS staff including ambulance workers,111 call handlers, porters, nurses and cleaners have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, according to research published by UNISON. In a survey released to coincide with the first day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton, one in ten (10%) healthcare workers reported experiences […]
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]
UNISON’s legal team looks at current attempts, through the Worker Protection Bill, to strengthen legal safeguards against workplace harassment, including sexual harassment
Delegates hear that, after promising last July to introduce protections against harassment in the workplace, there has been no progress from the UK government
A properly enforceable law enabling all employers to be held to account if they fail to act was promised by the […]
UNISON national officer for health and safety Kim Sunley said: “Far too often, cases of harassment by service users and […]
Government set to introduce mandatory duty on employers to protect staff by introducing explicit protections from third-party harassment
Employers must do more to protect staff
‘Sexual harassment is against the law, but the law doesn’t stop it happening‘
The UK’s biggest women’s conference convenes in Bournemouth with a packed agenda
Although moving teams has helped me feel comfortable, as my current manager is a fantastic support, I feel utterly let down in the way this […]
What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault
Employers have a duty to provide a safe working environment for all staff. Safe workplaces are those in which workers feel able to discuss their experiences and […]