North Lanarkshire Council
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Derbyshire County Council
Rutland County Council
Ashgate Hospicecare
Severn Trent Water
Royal Borough of Greenwich
City College Plymouth
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS
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.
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
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”.
Latest #dyingtowork campaign news…
Michael Payne (@MichaelPayneUK)
Thank you to @unionbarron @RichardKOliver & @The_TUC for your important #dyingtowork campaign. Proud @GedlingBC & @NottsCC have signed the charter. Compassion in the workplace is crucial.
4th July 2018