physical assault


‘Over 90% of retail staff have been assaulted, threatened or abused in the last 12 months’

Union USDAW has urged shop workers to ‘report it to sort it,’ after preliminary results from a study highlighted the levels of abuse faced by retail staff. Read More

G4S sentenced after employee attacked at a youth offender training centre

A private security company has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when he was assaulted by four individuals at a young offender’s training facility in Milton Keynes. Read More

Barbour download: violence in the workplace

In 2013/14, there were 269,000 reported cases of physical assaults on British workers. This factsheet on violence in the workplace offers advice for employees. Read More



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