Dying to Work | Campaigning for Additional Employment Protection for Terminally Ill Workers

Wigan Council and Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group

Thanks to all the companies who signed the voluntary charter, over

employees are now protected!

Has your employer signed the charter?

The campaign

Pressing for additional employment protection for terminally ill workers who need greater protection from heartless employers who utilise a loophole in the law to dismiss the dying due to their illness. Every person battling terminal conditions deserves the choice of how to spend their final months.

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5 steps

Follow our simple step-by-step guide to get your employer to sign the charter:

Check that your employer has not already signed
Involve your union
Encourage your employer to sign the voluntary charter
Inform the TUC
Sign the Charter

Follow the steps

Jacci's story

Union member Jacci’s job had only been saved when her union threatened to publicly expose the firm. She said “I was actually astounded about what HR asked. It was all about capability, capability, capability - no concern for me as their employee and no apparent care that I was dying”.

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