Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
The NUJ has welcomed a new duty on employers requiring them to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in workplaces.
Pay campaign
The NUJ's 2023 pay campaign calls for fair pay across journalism, providing practical support to chapels in their engagement with employers.
DM2023: equality
Discrimination and prejudice in the workplace needs to be called out and robust polices put in place, conference agreed.
Two in three people with Long Covid say they are treated unfairly at work
The majority of respondents said they had experienced unfair treatment at work because of Long Covid – and one in seven lost their jobs because of the condition.
International Women's Day 2023
For #IWD2023 the NUJ says the best way to improve women’s rights in the workplace is to join the union
TUC calls for long Covid to be recognised as a disability
The condition needs to recognised as an occupational disease, to give workers access to legal protections and compensation.
Tougher laws needed to strengthen women’s rights at work
More robust laws are needed to improve employment equality, particularly as women have born the brunt of the fall out of the pandemic, Sara Lewis, vice-chair of the NUJ's Equality Council told the TUC's Women’s Conference.
TUC calls on government to implement Equality Act in full
On the law's 10th anniversary, the TUC says the full powers of the act have still not been implemented as Covid-19 has deepened inequality and discrimination at work.
NUJ equalities councils flag up impact of Covid-19
Members are asked to take part in a Parliamentary inquiry and report on the experiences of all communities during the crisis.
Asking and responding to questions of discrimination in the workplace
ACAS guidance for job applicants, employees, employers and others asking questions about discrimination related to the Equality Act 2010.