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Delegates support calls on wellbeing and health and safety

Karen Buckley from Greater Manchester stated that 76% of the NHS staff are women. Alongside the fact that the majority of carers – paid and unpaid – are also women, and that low pay, the cost of […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work

Sexual assault was reported by almost three in ten (29%) of all the health workers who’d experienced sexual harassment. Half (50%) said they had been leered at or been the target […]

Uncategorized on the UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside site.

NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work

Sexual assault was reported by almost three in ten (29%) of all the health workers who’d experienced sexual harassment. Half (50%) said they had been leered at or been the target […]

News on the UNISON South West site.

NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work

The final agenda is here. – The conference will address the sexual misconduct and violence in a motion to be discussed on Monday afternoon. It encourages all NHS organisations to adopt the […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Legal briefing: sexual harassment at work

This is particularly true of younger women, with over half (52%) of polled women aged 18-34 saying they have experienced harassment […]

Behind the headlines, bigger picture, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Women back call to build campaign against sexual harassment

Whatever its intentions, that model increases the safety risks to sex workers, while there is no evidence that it reduces consensual sex work, she explained. For the national […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Ministers need to get tough with employers over sexual harassment, says UNISON  

“Ministers must make this a priority, otherwise the lives of countless workers will continue to be ruined by the perpetrators.” Notes to editors:– In July 2021, the […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON welcomes government pledge to end violence at work

ILO convention says no one should be in fear of physical, physiological or sexual violence from just going about their daily work

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON welcomes new law to prevent sexual harassment at work

“A workplace culture that tolerates sexual harassment also allows violence to fester. Too many workers have had to put up with appalling behaviour for too long because they felt nothing would be done if […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Majority of nursing staff have experienced sexual harassment at work, survey shows

Employers must do more to protect staff

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Going beyond the law: sexual harassment guidance launched

‘Sexual harassment is against the law, but the law doesn’t stop it happening‘

Article on the UNISON National site.

Women members set to sort it out

The UK’s biggest women’s conference convenes in Bournemouth with a packed agenda

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Christmas and sexual harassment – the dark side of the office party

What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Christmas and sexual harassment – stories from the dark side of the office party

What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Speaking out about sexual harassment

Safe workplaces are those in which workers feel able to discuss their experiences and expose sexual harassment, and confidentiality agreements […]

News on the UNISON National site.