Submission Documents: By Councillor Martin McElroy:- "Council notes with concern that 1 in 10 shop staff in the UK have been assaulted by a customer at work and 1 in 4 have been threatened as they carry out their daily work. Council notes that a third of shop staff who have been victims of abuse by customers did not report the incident to the police. Council believes that this is an issue that has to be resolved as more people work in shops than in any other part of the private sector. Council believes that violence, threats and abuse of workers should never be 'just part of the job'. Council resolves to support Daniel Johnson's Proposed Protection of Workers (Retain and Age-Restricted Sales Etc) Scotland Bill, which seeks to strengthen the protection for workers." Help Icon

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Item Minute - 28 June 2018 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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