Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-Related Sales etc.) (Scotland) Bill

Retail and hospitality trade unions welcomed a member’s bill lodged in the Scottish parliament by MSP Daniel Johnson. This proposes a law to protect workers in the retail sector in Scotland, and those who sell age-restricted items, such as bar and restaurant staff. The Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-Related Sales etc.) (Scotland) Bill would provide “a clear and lower threshold at which obstructive, abusive or threatening behaviour is considered a crime and can be prosecuted by creating new criminal offences for verbal and physical abuse against these workers”.