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Date

13 – 17 June 2022

If you would like to attend this course, then please email educationse@unison.co.uk with your membership number. Spaces are limited so apply as soon as you can […]

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 […]

So your employer should be monitoring these alerts and discussing the potential health and safety impacts to workers that may arise with health and safety reps. This is because our bodies work […]

UNISON national officer for health and safety Kim Sunley says: “The survey paints an alarming picture of a lack of effective […]

Date

21 October 2021 12:30pm–1:30pm

Location

Zoom

Do you work in an office or a fixed workplace for a smaller charity or non-profit organisation and want to find out how to ensure your workplace is safe? Do you have questions on Covid safety when working in the office or safety concerns with home working? Join Kim Sunley, UNISON’s Health and Safety Officer […]

Date

14 October 2021 1:30pm–3:00pm

Location

webinar

Presenters: Kim Sunley, UNISON National Health and Safety Officer Mike Moore, HESGE and national HE health and safety representative Ruth Levin, UNISON […]

Date

6 December 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

Location

Online webinar

This webinar is for UNISON members interested in becoming more active on workplace health, safety and wellbeing issues.   Working alone, whether out in the community or in a work building has become more widespread and can put members’ safety at risk.  Employers have a duty to ensure you are kept safe.  Join the webinar […]

Date

18 October 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

Location

Online Webinar

The 18th October is World Menopause day, come and find out why the menopause is a workplace health and safety issue and what employers […]

Date

27 October 2021 12:30pm–2:00pm

Location

Online webinar

The theme of this year’s week of Safety and Health is ‘Lighten the Load’, to mark the week UNISON is running a webinar for health and safety representative on reducing the risk of work related musculoskeletal disorders.  We will be joined by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Specialist Inspector in Ergonomics who will go […]

Date

1 November 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

Location

Online webinar

This webinar is for UNISON members interested in becoming more active on workplace health, safety and wellbeing issues. Work can be a major cause or contributor to poor mental health.  Under health and safety law, your employer should be taking steps to tackle and prevent the causes of work-related stress.  Come and find out more […]

Date

24 May 2022 9:00am–5:00pm

Location

ExCel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL

As always this is a very popular event, whilst some public health measures have been removed across the UK, as members and activists are playing a pivotal role in […]

Our August 2021 health and safety newsletter is out now! Inside: Working from home, Flexible working, Reasonable adjustments, Ill-health retirement and local government pensions, Rep support

UNISON’s acting head of policy David Arnold explores the changes to work practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and asks what the future holds

Date

18 November 2021 1:00am

This blended course combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online and is delivered by experienced TUC tutors […]

Date

14 September 2021 2:00am

Website orientation/Getting started: 14 September, 10.00am to 1.00pm; Tutorials: 21 September 10am-1pm, 28 September 10am-1pm, 5 October 10am-1pm, 12 October 10am-1pm & 19 October 10am-1pm Online […]