Post traumatic stress disorder
Journalists and photographers/videographers covering wars and disasters are exposed to distressing and horrific scenes. But it isn’t just in conflict zones that media workers witness frightening images or deal with people experiencing traumatic events.
Branch Contacts
Branch contacts
Storysmart
Storysmart: part of the NUJ's suite of online training modules to help in hostile environments and with hazardous tech.
Redundancy Pay
You are entitled to redundancy pay if you are an employee with at least two years' service.
Challenging redundancy dismissals
It has often proved hard to challenge employers over how they score employees, create a selection pool or run their overall redundancy selection process.
Alternative work
If you are at risk of redundancy, your employer should give you an opportunity to apply for 'suitable alternative employment'.
Selection for redundancy
If your employer is planning to reduce the number of employees in a particular organisation or team, they must make a list of roles to be considered for redundancy.
Consultation with union reps or employee representatives
Before an employer begins to consult with union reps or elected employee representatives, they must provide them with written information.
Redundancies where there is no recognised union
If there is no recognised union, your employer must consult 'employee representatives'.
Collective consultation
Your employer is legally obliged to consult over collective redundancies if they plan to make 20 or more redundancies; if the redundancies are in one establishment; and if they plan to make the redundancies within 90 days.
Redundancy
Redundancy is usually a dismissal when a role is no longer needed.
Changes during Coronavirus
Temporary changes have been made to sick pay and sickness absence arrangements during the pandemic.
Sickness Absence and dismissal
There are rules about whether you can be dismissed because of illness.
Absence management and capability procedures
If you take repeated sickness absences, your employer may invoke their 'absence management procedure', also known as a 'capability procedure', if they have one.
Phased return to work
If you have been sick and off work for a long period, returning can be a daunting prospect – perhaps because your recovery has been slow, or you have lost a degree of confidence.
Sick Pay and Sickness Absence
Your contract must give you details of your entitlement to sick pay.