Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

TUC research shows that, for example, just 20% of union safety reps are women, despite women making up a majority of union members. And in its 2022-23 health and safety reps’ survey, only 3.6% of reps described themselves as one of the following: Asian British, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese or Other Asian background. A further 2.6% said they were either Black British, Black African, African Caribbean or of other Black background.

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