Endometriosis is a chronic, and sometimes debilitating, condition that has received more acknowledgment and appreciation over the past few years. What may surprise many readers is that endometriosis is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth in the UK. March is ‘Endometriosis Awareness Month’, which aims to raise awareness of this condition and to advocate for better support for those who are living with it.
Many industries around the globe require employees to work later into the evenings. Whether this is in the healthcare or hospitality sector, one thing that unites these employees is the commute home. As many of us will have undertaken part-time roles in the hospitality and retail sector at some time in our lives, we will all have had the same thought as to whether it is safe for us to be making our way home at night. Though, we may not have been thinking whether our employers ever had an obligation to ensure that we made it home safely from work
Whilst flowers, cards and chocolates are the universally accepted presents for your loved one or love interest, romance in the workplace is not always as Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have led us to believe.
Our chairman, Marie Macdonald, recently appeared on Scotland Tonight discussing the government’s response to recommendations on supporting employees with menopause in the workplace. In this blog, we discuss this in further detail.
