Health and wellbeing

Work can have a positive impact on our health and wellbeing. Healthy and well motivated employees can have an equally positive impact on the productivity and effectiveness of a business.

Download a Fee Advisory booklet - Health Work and Wellbeing from ACAS

Responsibility for health and wellbeing at work belongs to both employers and employees. The key factors that can determine whether workers will have a positive or negative relationship with work are:

• the relationships between line managers and employees
• whether employees are involved in organisational issues and decisions
• job design
• availability and acceptability of flexible working
• awareness of occupational health issues.

This section includes advice on common issues such as musculoskeletal disorders, mental health, stress and alcohol and drug problems. It doesn't have information about statutory health and safety responsibilities: for more information about this, visit www.hse.gov.uk.

Equality and discrimination: understand the basics

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What is Racist or Religious Hate Crime?

Hate crimes and incidents are any crime or incident which is targeted at a victim because of the offender's hostility or prejudice against an identifiable group of people.

So any incident or crime which is perceived to be motivated because of a person's race, ethnicity or religion - either their actual ethnicity/religion or ethnicity/religion as perceived by the offender - will be recorded as such.  Hate crimes can be committed against a person or property.

A racist or religious hate crime is: 

“Any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race”

or

“Any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s religion or perceived religion”

You can also see our definition of hate crime on the Hate Crime Data page of this website.

How can I report an incident?

Details on how to report an incident and what you can report is available on the 'Report a hate crime' page. You can use a self reporting form or complete the online form on the 'Reporting online' page. You may also be able to report incidents through the organisations listed on this website on the 'Organisations that can help' page.

By reporting it, you may be able to prevent these incidents from happening to someone else.

Reporting makes a difference...to you, your friends, your community and your life.

How will the Police and CPS treat Racist and Religious Hate Crime?

The Police and other criminal justice agencies consider all hate crime to be very serious, including racist and religious hate crime. When a case is prosecuted, the courts can impose a stronger sentence under powers from the Criminal Justice Act 2003. This reflects the priority placed on these crimes. The Police have performance targets and measures in place to ensure the service they offer is of the highest standard.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the organisation that takes cases through the court system. They have produced guidance on Racist and Religious Hate Crime that is available on the 'Prosecuting hate crimes' page of this website (opens in new window).
 

Let's all stay safe

Racial Harassment

Don't suffer in silence! Report it!

You can report hate crime in a number of ways:

In an emergency always dial 999

Filling out a self reporting form

Reporting on line report-it.org.uk/home

Contacting your local police station

For more info visit http://www.report-it.org.uk/home

mental health matters

Mental health services across the UK are struggling as a result of chronic underfunding and increased demand. This is having a negative effect on people who use these services and on the health and wellbeing of the staff who provide them.

UNISON is the largest union in the NHS and we believe there should be proper investment and support for vital mental health services.

Take action

You can help UNISON’s campaign for better mental health services by getting involved. Sign up here to receive campaign updates and information about actions you can take to help us get our message out there.

Pension age change another blow to public sector workers, says UNISON

Commenting on the government’s announcement that it plans to bring forward the rise in pension age from 67 to 68 by seven years, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This will be another bitter blow for public sector workers who’s workplace retirement is also linked to the state pension.

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