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Safety in the workplace As of today, 1st February 2021, E.ON have made surgical standard mask available from collection points at each site. Given the new variants of COVID-19 being more contagious, it’s important for colleagues to wear surgical standard face masks as a minimum when working from site. The CDC (Centre for Disease Control […]
Across the world of work the current Covid lockdown has placed increased pressure on members who have had to adapt to working from home. While last year this looked like it might just be a temporary measure, we are now approaching a full 12 months where this has been the norm. Although British Gas responded […]
Our PAY UP NOW campaign is calling for the government to provide all NHS and health & social care workers with a; substantial, reasonable and quick pay rise. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, our NHS heroes and all keyworkers have stepped up risking their own health and wellbeing to support and protect the rest of society. […]
Lloyds Pharmacy Clinical Homecare has launched an attack on its staff’s sick pay, overtime rates and other conditions, UNISON reveals today (Wednesday). Hundreds of staff at the firm’s warehouses and offices in Derby and Harlow face losing overtime rates and a move to a six-day working week, which could leave some of them around £2,000 a […]
Nursery schools and early years are currently required to remain open to all children. Scientists tell us we need to reduce contacts so that viral levels fall. Not including nurseries and early years in the lockdown is likely to undermine the safety of our communities as well as that of our members. UNISON and The […]
UNISON branches across the region are asking bosses to promise job protection for staff, in recognition of their vital work during the COVID-19 pandemic and to alleviate job fears during economic uncertainty. UNISON wants employers to sign its Job Protection Agreement giving all staff a no compulsory redundancies guarantee. UNISON Regional Manager Rachel Hodson said: […]
Non-essential activity should be stopped immediately to cut the risk of staff contracting and spreading COVID-19
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Crumbling hospital buildings across Lincolnshire require 87m worth of work to repair the damage after years of neglect. NHS Digital, which provides data to the NHS to help improve healthcare, has estimated that more than £5.8m is needed to tackle immediate, high-risk problems and avert major disruption to hospital services across Lincolnshire. An additional £32.1m will also be needed to tackle serious building […]