Red Flag Weekly · Edition 23
Red Flag Weekly Edition 23
The Employment Rights Act 2025 changes to harassment law took effect in Great Britain on 30 October 2026, and the week's news shows exactly where they will be tested. Staff who work alone in sheltered and supported housing schemes face risks that are easy to underestimate because the setting feels familiar. A housing association in the North West described the injunctions it has used to protect officers threatened with violence, one involving a hammer at a sheltered scheme. A hospital worker in Kent was racially abused and punched at a bus stop after asking a man to leave, and security staff at a Nottingham hospital were racially abused and one was bitten. London Ambulance Service set out how its Violence Reduction Unit now supports around 640 active police investigations into attacks and abuse on its staff. Fire crews in Greater Manchester head into the bonfire period after recorded attacks on firefighters rose last year. And the Health and Safety Executive opens Stress Awareness Week on this cover date with a reminder that stress is a risk to be assessed like any other.
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