Health and safety
Welcome to our Eastern Region Health and Safety site.
We are working in the Eastern Region to ensure that our members are protected in their places of work. Health and Safety reps from all service groups meet quarterly for to focus UNISON work on this in the Region.
Surveys have shown that health and safety is the most important workplace issue identified by UNISON members. Our latest campaigns are:
- Stress in the Workplace
- Bullying and Harassment
- Violence in the workplace
It is a fact that unionised workplaces are safer than non-unionised
Remember health at work is right not a luxury
Every year our members regularly face hazards at work including violence, stress, back and other injuries and slips, trips and falls.
UNISON has more Health and Safety reps than any other trade union and we are working hard to ensure we keep them fully up to date. Once a year we have a 2 day Health and Safety Seminar open to all Health and Safety reps in the Region. Our last one was in September 2010 and we are just about to send some posters to branches to help them raise awareness in the workplace. We will post them here soon!
Health & Safety - Could you do it ?
The importance of the health and safety representative in the work place is growing. As new technology and business processes are introduced into the work place, then the role of the health and safety representative becomes more important. see more ...
Health & Safety Rep Courses Part I and Part II
Health & Safety Officer course
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