Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

It pointed out that the Scottish healthcare workforce is predominantly (77%) female, and a third of the workforce is non-white, but PPE masks are designed for Caucasian male faces. The motion called on the STUC general council to work with health unions to hold the government and employers to account and remind them of their obligations under health and safety legislation. The motion was carried overwhelmingly.

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