A union representing supermarket workers says investing in systems - not body cameras - will make staff feel safer 11 May 2021
Woolworths in Australia s trialing body cameras on shelf-stackers and checkout workers, after a rise in assaults.
Two Countdown staff are among the four stabbed at a Dunedin store yesterday.
All four remain in hospital.
First Union retail secretary Tali Williams says staff would rather see things like security cameras, extra staff and updated technology before bodycams.
She says staff baulk at the idea of wearing cameras - because they re not the ones in the wrong.
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Auckland businesses are crying out for a return to normality, as the city enters its week under Alert Level 2 restrictions (first published February 22). Luxottica New Zealand director James Melton emailed the company’s Auckland staff on Tuesday, February 16, the day after a snap level 3 lockdown came into force in the city. The business was required to close its OPSM stores in Auckland during the three-day lockdown, he said. “We understand the impact these situations can have on our people and we want to do what we can to support you through this period. “We will be guaranteeing our permanent employees a minimum 25 per cent of contracted hours. We will work with each employee on an individual basis for what this means for them.”