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• Good employers must do the right thing for menopausal women

  22-02-2024 13:19
  
  Commenting on new guidance issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to employers about their legal obligations to women undergoing the menopause, UNISON head of equality Josie Irwin said today (Thursday):
  “The emotional and physical changes of the menopause can be overwhelming. As can their effect on women’s ability to do their jobs.
  “All good employers must ensure the best possible ​working environment for all their staff.​ Women ​should be able to
  
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• UNISON opinion: A better way is possible for social care

  22-02-2024 12:23
  
  By UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea
  Social care is broken. Despite it being an essential service that should be the cornerstone of a compassionate society, the Westminster government has washed its hands of it.
  It has been allowed to deteriorate into a fragmented, underfunded and privatised system that’s unfit to meet the needs of social care users. The inadequate pay and conditions for the workers propping up the system, fail to recognise their value and contributions.
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• Prospective MPs urged to back new national care service

  22-02-2024 01:02
  
  General election candidates from all parties are being asked to support the creation of a new national care service in England.
  UNISON says too many people across the country cannot access the social care they desperately need because the current system is broken.
  The union wants to see a new service based on high quality care and a fairly rewarded workforce. Although these changes wouldn’t happen overnight, the union believes the reforms would put an end to 15-minute home care visits, lon
  
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