Workplace Wellbeing
Focuses on strategies for rest, recovery, work-life balance, and creating safe, positive working environments.
NHS England Employees May Be Forced into Trials
Government Press Release: Health and social care providers in England will be required to ensure workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless exempt, before deployment in frontline roles.
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Protecting Women in the Workplace
The Workers of England Union works towards achieving equality, justice, and respect for all women.
We aim to advise and empower women by ensuring they are treated fairly in the workplace. To our me...
Employer Fails to Rebut Covid Jab Coercion
The GMB union, unlike Unison, is standing up for care workers against the government’s totalitarian vaccine policy. Health Secretary Hancock announced law changes to impose COVID-19 jabs on care st...
No Jab, No Job: WEU Defends Workers' Rights
Healthcare workers who refuse the experimental COVID-19 vaccine should not expect the big trade unions to have their backs. A leaked response from Unison to two Barchester care home employees revea...
Our Employment Advisers
The Workers of England Union prides itself on its completely independent approach to the specialist advice provided to our members.
Occupational Health Adviser
Our Occupational Health Adviser can...
Open Letter on Vaccination Mandates
The Council of Europe (CoE) has affirmed that vaccination is not mandatory. No individual should face pressure or discrimination for choosing to decline the vaccine.
This principle, enshrined in do...
Checking Holiday Entitlement
When an employee or worker takes holiday, they should receive the same pay while on leave as when they’re at work—regardless of their working pattern. Some employers may offer enhanced holiday pay ...
Holiday Pay for Furloughed Workers Clarified
The government has recently issued guidance on furloughed workers’ holiday entitlement and holiday pay during the coronavirus pandemic, a topic employers have long been seeking clarification on. We...
Refusing to Return to Work Due to Covid-19
As many employees are being instructed to return to work today, some are likely to object on health grounds. What happens if there is a stand-off? Can an employer force an employee back? If an empl...
RIDDOR Reporting of COVID-19
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
You must only make a report under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2...
