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Greens’ Hannah Spencer tables maximum workplace temp bill

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:14 July 2026

With Britain sweating through its third consecutive heatwave, the Green Party has moved to introduce a maximum workplace temperature bill: "From bus and train drivers sweltering in their cabins to bakers working in over 40 degrees, and builders whose workplaces offer no respite from the heat – the government has a duty to protect all of us." Today Hannah Spencer is tabling a maximum workplace temperature bill. pic.twitter.com/0ofCXCDx4M — The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) July 13, 2026 “Absurd” Speaking to the Guardian, Hannah Spencer said: This is something workers and trade unions have been raising the alarm about for many years. It shouldn’t…

Scousers gather Friday against workplace sexual harassment

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:25 June 2026
Post last modified:25 June 2026

Workers, trade unionists and campaigners against sexual harassment at work will gather tomorrow, 26 June 2026, at the offices of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Bootle. Liverpool legend Audrey White is famous for giving a frozen Keir Starmer a substantial piece of her mind in a Liverpool restaurant. But she is also the subject of the film Business as Usual, in which she was portrayed by Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson in her fight against sexual harassment and discrimination. She told Skwawkbox: I fought sexual harassment against my staff in Lady at Lord John fashion store in the 80’s. I was sacked. Even then,…

Union pushes to make workplace sexual harassment reportable as a safety risk

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) have been pushing forward with the ‘End Not Defend’ campaign to make sexual harassment in the workplace a reportable harm under health and safety regulations. Responding to a recent consultation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – which focused on necessary changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) – the union has called out the HSE’s failure to address this “critical and longstanding gap in the UK’s workplace safety framework”. Highlighting that sexual harassment has been excluded in the HSE consultation, the BFAWU state: This omission is…