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Cargo handler wins six-figure payout

A Unite member who broke two limbs in a traumatic fall at an airport has won £150,000 compensation thanks to Unite Legal Services. The accident happe… Read news article

Unite Legal Services wins unfair dismissal claim against easyJet

A Unite member was found to have been unfairly dismissed when easyJet wrongly accused her of theft. The Unite member was the cabin crew manager of a f… Read news article

Unite calls for legal aid cuts to be reversed

Ministers should reverse the draconian cuts to the legal aid budget which are causing pain and hardship to some of the most vulnerable members of soci… Read news article

Scout worker in Guernsey unfairly dismissed

An Employment and Discrimination Tribunal in Guernsey has ruled that Unite member, Debbie Langmead, was unfairly dismissed by her employer, The Scout… Read news article

Unite statement on High Court ‘blacklisting’ trial adjournment

Unite director of legal services, Howard Beckett, said: “Unite applied for an adjournment at the High Court today (Wednesday 4 May) and this was grant… Read news article

Unite wins landmark legal case that widens disability discrimination protection for cancer victim

Workplace disability discrimination protection for cancer victims has been widened as a result of a landmark legal case taken by Unite, the UK’s large… Read news article

Unite Legal Services secures more than £1 million for member injured in road traffic accident

Unite Legal Services has secured more than £1 million in compensation for a Unite member, who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in 201… Read news article

Bumper bonuses at NHS Property Services under fire from Unite

Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, has said bumper bonuses for top bosses at NHS Property Services are ‘a disgrace’, as the health service gr… Read news article

Health & Care Professions Council ‘snub’, as it goes ahead with ‘extortionate’ fee hike

The Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) delivered a snub by pushing ahead with an ‘extortionate’ registration fee hike, despite receiving a 3… Read news article

Coronavirus: Employers urged not to penalise workers for self-isolation

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, is calling on employers to ensure that workers who are required to self-isolate due to coronavirus fears, a… Read news article

Unite statement on personal protective equipment (PPE) ‘scandal’

Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: “The continued lack of PPE is a national scandal and the government’s litany of broken promises… Read news article

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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 4 May 2020

At Unite Legal Services, we’ve collated the latest news and information regarding employment matters and workers’ rights in relation to coronavirus CO… Read news article

Construction workers urged not to risk health due to dusk mask shortage

Unite is urging workers not to risk their health if they are not supplied with the correct PPE. The union’s warning follows the revelation that many… Read news article

Cabinet minister's crass comments on cabin crew jobs show government has thrown in the towel on UK aviation

Comments by work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey, made in an interview with the Spectator magazine, in which she suggests that cabin crew who l… Read news article