It is the first international treaty to recognise this, and specifically includes gender-based violence and harassment. The union is calling on the Conservative government to ensure words are rapidly […]
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Observing that gaps in the social care sector are frequently filled by unpaid and informal carers – again, largely women – an amendment from the northern region points out that […]
What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault
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 […]
UNISON’s legal team looks at current attempts, through the Worker Protection Bill, to strengthen legal safeguards against workplace harassment, including sexual harassment
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]
Christina McAnea will tell national women’s conference that new laws needed to tackle bosses who don’t protect staff
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
Employers need to make sure they’re educated.” Read the new bargaining guidance for fighting sexual harassment at […]
UNISON women’s officer Josie Irwin said: “Our members are often required to sign confidentiality […]
Pat Heron (pictured), speaking on behalf of women’s conference, argued that, with over a million […]
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
UNISON women’s conference hears testimony of an issue which hasn’t gone away but got worse as women experience harassment in workplaces up and down the country
Survey gives indication of scale of sexual harassment problems