Jacci Woodcock
Qualifications Wales
Humberside Police
Northamptonshire County Council
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Natural Resources Wales
Northern Ireland Audit Office
Norfolk Constabulary
Suffolk Constabulary
Hywel Dda University Health Board

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:

  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”.

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Disability Confident Employers
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Latest #dyingtowork campaign news…

Phil Williams (@UNISONChairDPPJ)

I am immensely proud of @DyfedPowys today. We signed the @The_TUC #DyingToWork Charter which gives those with a terminal diagnosis the dignity to make choices regarding their employment and protects their financial interests for the loved ones they will leave behind. 1/3

24th February 2021