UNISON national officer for health and safety Kim Sunley said: “Far too often, cases of harassment by service users and […]
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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 […]
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
NHS staff have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, a new survey from UNISON reveals.
A properly enforceable law enabling all employers to be held to account if they fail to act was promised by the […]
This is something that UNISON has been calling for as part of the #ThisIsNotWorking alliance – a TUC-led coalition of unions, women’s rights […]
Employers must do more to protect staff
‘Sexual harassment is against the law, but the law doesn’t stop it happening‘
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 […]
“We must lead the way,” she said, “encouraging our branches and our women to come forward. “We are all complacent if we don’t speak out,” she said. “Members need to know […]
And he assured the members: “We will win – we cannot afford for Birmingham council to win.” Birmingham says it has to tighten the purse strings because […]
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