Putting an end to violence against retail staff Print
17th May 2021
Some 40,000 incidents of violence against people working in convenience stores were recorded last year and store owners have a duty to protect their staff as best they can. Hayley Riach, partner at leading law firm Keoghs, looks at what they need to do.
The problem
My staff have experienced verbal abuse and threats of violence from customers in-store when trying to enforce vital Covid-19 safety measures. What should I be doing to make sure I’m protecting my staff against this behaviour, and what are my obligations as an employer?
BBC News
By Doug Faulkner
image captionVaccination buses are being used in Bolton which is a hotspot for the Indian variant
The UK has increasing confidence that Covid-19 vaccines work against the Indian variant of the virus, the health secretary has said.
Scientists believe that the variant is more transmissible and cases of it nearly tripled to 1,313 in the past week in England.
But Matt Hancock said early lab data showed vaccines remained effective.
The health secretary said that the variant, known as B.1.617.2, was relatively widespread in small numbers in most of the country.
It comes as England is due to move to stage three of the government s roadmap for easing lockdown on Monday, with socialising in groups of six indoors as well as some international travel to be allowed.
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