As lockdown restrictions ease and workplaces open up, we need to make sure our staff are kept safe
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Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know
UNISON has launched a COVID-19 workplace exposure questionnaire in partnership with Thompsons solicitors
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UNISON sets out to recruit more safety reps amid COVID crisis
‘A workplace without a safety rep potentially puts the safety of our members at risk’
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Coronavirus: online learning update
New resources available for health and safety reps and care workers at our dedicated learning.unison.org.uk site
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European health and safety week is coming
UNISON vows to protect key safety legislation and protections originating in EU law
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We need a maximum safe working temperature
UNISON backs Labour plans to legislate on excessive heat in the workplace
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Cleaners at the forefront of needlestick injuries
Figures show the importance of controlling hazards, as European Health and Safety Week gets under way.
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UNISON calls for action to tackle stress endemic in public services
Union survey of 10,000 members shows that stress is harming staff and services – but employers rarely talk about it
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Blog: Safer workplaces – an impact that should never be understated
Thanks to the work of UNISON’s health and safety reps, public sector employees are less likely to suffer injury in the workplace. Tens of thousands of UK workers die every year because of their work…Read more…
How much of a risk do new cleaning agents pose to you?
UNISON survey aims to find out scale of problem in wake of concerns over rise in superbugs
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Award winning work on mental health in Redditch and Bromsgrove
General secretary Dave Prentis visits branch to see first hand the practical help and support provided to members
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Get set for European Health and Safety Week
just 10 days to European health and safety week (24-30 October) – the annual focus on making sure that work and our workplaces are both safe and healthy. This year, the theme is “healthy workplaces…Read more…
Conference agrees measures on supporting activists
Creative ideas for training, accreditation and mentoring all to the fore as delegates discuss helping reps
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UNISON rep wins praise for work on stress
Health and safety rep Scott Donohoe praised after being awarded the STUC Frank Maguire award
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UNISON marks International Workers’ Memorial Day
Workers around the globe call for ‘strong laws, strong enforcement, strong unions’
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Milton Keynes marks International Workers’ Memorial Day
“Health and safety is important not just for workers, but for everyone in society”
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Health and safety can boost your branch
H&S can fall down the agenda, but International Workers’ Memorial Day is the the perfect chance to reinvigorate your work – and possibly your branch with it
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♡ UNISON: it’s a life saver
Health and safety saves lives, and UNISON reps are at the forefront of that work
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♡ UNISON: recognising the members who keep us all safe
Health and safety rep of the year awards highlight key work of union and our reps
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UNISON relaunches stress survey
UNISON is calling on the union’s safety reps to get organised – and members to get involved -in this year’s European Health and Safety week. We want safety reps to ask members and…Read more…