Jacci Woodcock
Rutland County Council
Ashgate Hospicecare
Severn Trent Water
Royal Borough of Greenwich
City College Plymouth
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS
Sandwell Leisure Trust
Ashfield District Council
London Borough of Enfield Council

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.

Find out more 

5 steps

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

  1. Check that your employer has not already signed
  2. Involve your union
  3. Encourage your employer to sign the voluntary charter
  4. Inform the TUC
  5. 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”.

Read the full story 

Latest #dyingtowork campaign news…

Stuart Richards (@GMBStuart)

Great to see another West Mids employer signing up to the #DyingToWork Charter to help support workers with terminal conditions. Thanks to Chris, @gmbgillo and the @gmbb49branch team for making this happen. http://www.dyingtowork.co.uk

16th May 2018

Pumpkinpie (@Pumpkinpiez1)

MP blasts #universalcredit ‘cruelty’ as #terminallyill are forced to fight for benefits https://www.welfareweekly.com/mp-blasts-universal-credit-cruelty-as-terminally-ill-are-forced-to-fight-for-benefits/ via @Welfare Weekly #dyingtowork #tatton

15th May 2018

GMB Education Branch (@gmbb49branch)

Thanks for all your support yesterday Gill with the signing of the #dyingtowork for the Trust and the re-hanging of the SOS banner at Deykin avenue even though you were clearly in pain. We hope you feel better soon.

12th May 2018