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Terminally ill workers need more ‘peace of mind’
Focus on equal access to assisted death rather than risks of legalisation for oppressed groups wrongheaded, MPs and campaigners say
BEING terminally ill should be recognised as a protected characteristic in the workplace, the RMT argued yesterday.
Delegates said employers should help workers to swerve any “avoidable stress and worry” when they are ill.
The motion called on employers to ensure that terminally ill workers do not have to face being made unemployed while they are dying, and that management should liaise with terminally ill workers to make them feel as comfortable as possible in the workplace.
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