Search tagged health and safety

Health and Weather warnings for extreme heat

Red (emergency response): A red alert indicates significant risk to life for even the healthy population. (Reproduced from UKHSA User guide-New impact-based Weather-Health […]

Page on the UNISON National site.

Online Health & Safety Representatives Course

Date
7 – 11 March 2022

This online course will be spread between Monday 7 March 2022 – Friday 11 March 2022 As the course involves group work and discussion, you will be expected to attend webinar based tutorials at fixed times. There are a number of other criteria which you must be able to commit to before embarking on the […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Online Health & Safety Representatives Course

Date
13 – 17 June 2022

This online course will be spread between Monday 13 June 2022 – Friday 17 June 2022 As the course involves group work and discussion, you will be expected to attend webinar based tutorials at fixed times. There are a number of other criteria which you must be able to commit to before embarking on the […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON calls on employers to review COVID-19 protections

Move comes as cases of the Omicron variant soar and HSE figures reveal the scale of the pandemic impact on workers’ health

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Employers must not let their guard down, says UNISON

Good ventilation and fresh air are essential measures, not only for reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19, but other winter respiratory viruses. UNISON […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Regional Health & Safety Training Day

Date
1 March 2022 9:00am–2:30pm

Tell me more!There will be a varied and stimulating programme for the day. 10-10.15am: Welcome 10.15-11.15am: Menopause Awareness – Cheryl Godber, UNISON Eastern […]

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.

Building Safe and Healthy Workplaces for Women

Date
8 March 2022 4:00pm–5:45pm
Location
online

On International Women’s Day, UNISON’s National Health and Safety Committee and Women’s Committee will be hosting a webinar on the hazards in women’s work. We will hear from a variety of speakers looking at the hazards women face in the workplace and how we can organise around them. We will be joined by international speaker, […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Activist training: Organising for Safety

Date
26 April 2022 9:30am–4:30pm

Training for Health and Safety Reps

Event on the UNISON East Midlands site.

UNISON seeks ‘clarity’ on removal of COVID-19 from risk assessments

Union says that government’s ‘potentially dangerous’ Living with COVID-19 plans could undermine health and safety regulations in England

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Operation Hampshire – all police staff meeting

Date
26 April 2022 12:30pm–2:00pm
Location
Microsoft Teams

Our survey revealed that 81% of respondents from 28 different forces were unaware of the existence of Operation Hampshire and didn’t know that support was […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON welcomes asbestos report

Parliamentary work and pensions committee calls for a 40-year deadline for the safe removal of all asbestos in public buildings

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘I don’t want another family to suffer’

Unloading pallets of copper tubing from the truck with a forklift, Terry was on the last one, when “the driver came out of the office with his paperwork […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Regional Health and Safety Forum & AGM – BOOKING CLOSED

Date
30 September – 1 October 2022
Location
Croyde Bay, North Devon

Our Regional Health & Safety Committee want the forum this year to show why wellbeing and mental health are health and safety issues, empower you to […]

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Regional Health and Safety Forum & AGM – BOOKING CLOSED

Date
30 September – 1 October 2022
Location
Croyde Bay, North Devon

Our Regional Health & Safety Committee want the forum this year to show why wellbeing and mental health are health and safety issues, empower you to […]

Event on the UNISON North West site.

Online Health & Safety Representatives Course

Date
5 – 9 December 2022
Location
Online

  NB: This course will now be delivered online.  Tutorial dates remain the same. As the course involves group work and discussion, you will be expected to attend webinar based tutorials at fixed times. There are a number of other criteria which you must be able to commit to before embarking on the course and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.