Jacci Woodcock
Natural Resources Wales
Northern Ireland Audit Office
Norfolk Constabulary
Suffolk Constabulary
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
NEU
North of Tyne Combined Authority

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
Find out what they've been doing to support the campaign, take a look at their free resources and see how else they may be able to help you

Latest #dyingtowork campaign news…

UNISON North West (@NorthWestUNISON)

In Memory of Jean Blevin 💜 Jean's last achievement in UNISON was helping the @WaltonCentre to sign up to @The_TUC #DyingToWork Charter. Watch this video and find out how your branch can support this vital campaign 👉 https://www.unisonnw.org/dying_to_work

12th October 2020