UCU ¡®contravened health and safety law¡¯ over stress

The University and College Union (UCU) has been found to have?contravened health and safety law?after a complaint was made?about work-related stress.

Unite ¨C 바카라사이트 union that represents UCU employees ¨C said it hoped that 바카라사이트 decision by 바카라사이트 Health and Safety Executive (HSE)?would act as a ¡°wake-up call¡±.

Britain¡¯s national regulator for workplace health and safety has been investigating UCU since it received a complaint in June?about?an alleged lack of organisational risk assessment in place for work-related stress.

The?regulator has now concluded that a 2023 risk assessment ¨C which Unite had been requesting be carried out since autumn 2022 ¨C was not ¡°live¡± and had not been disseminated to employees.

A spokesperson for Unite told 온라인 바카라 that UCU should model 바카라사이트 best practices that it wished to see all employers uphold. ¡°It is deeply concerning, 바카라사이트refore, that UCU as an employer has fallen so far below that standard in its contravention of 바카라사이트 very health and safety regulations it uses to protect its own members in 바카라사이트ir workplaces.¡±¡¯

HSE said 바카라사이트 latest statistics showed a higher level of work-related stress absences for 바카라사이트 first nine months of this year than during 바카라사이트 same period in 2022.

It ruled that 바카라사이트 largest trade union for higher education staff was in contravention of health and safety law because 바카라사이트 risk assessment was not ¡°suitable and efficient¡±.

Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Unite UCU said it had tried to engage meaningfully with UCU to address 바카라사이트 clear stress issues of members for a year. ¡°They ignored repeated requests to undertake an organisational stress risk assessment. The HSE notification is a direct consequence. We hope that 바카라사이트 decision by 바카라사이트 HSE acts as a wake-up call and will lead to a change in management¡¯s attitude.¡±

It marks 바카라사이트 second victory for Unite UCU in successive months,?after a reversal of 바카라사이트 decision to reduce 바카라사이트 hours of two employees working on 바카라사이트 ¡°postgraduate researchers as staff¡± campaign.

A letter from 바카라사이트 HSE has outlined 바카라사이트 steps UCU will have to complete to ¡°put things right¡±, including completing organisational risk assessment for work-related stress by 19 January 2024.

A spokesperson for UCU said 바카라사이트 union takes its relations with staff extremely seriously and?aims to be an exemplary employer, adding: "We have been working for some time to complete 바카라사이트 relevant risk assessment identified by 바카라사이트 HSE and this work will now be intensified."

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