Retailers write to PM over pandemic-fuelled increase in store violence Print
5th February 2021
More than 65 leading retailers and industry bodies have written to prime minister Boris Johnson calling on him to take urgent action to tackle violence and abuse towards retail workers.
The letter calls for the government “to treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves and improve protection for our employees by creating a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker”. This legislation would toughen sentences for those who are violent or abusive towards shopworkers, deter future perpetrators, and ensure shopworkers feel safer at work.
Government must tighten rules to end shopworker abuse, retailers urge
Retailers are urging the Government to improve laws to protect staff from abuse (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
The Government must take urgent action to tackle violence and abuse towards shopworkers, more than 65 retail leaders have demanded.
In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, bosses from high street names including Aldi, McDonald’s, Boots and the Post Office, said stronger laws were needed to protect against shopworker abuse.
It comes after recent data found an increase in the verbal abuse of staff at “essential” retailers, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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