UCU: Sick pay and reasonable adjustments

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
The coranovirus crisis has exposed the shocking lack of access to both statutory and occupational sick pay for casualised workers across post 16 education. This has been a long running inequality for casualised workers. It is a Health and Safety issue forcing members into debt or to work when they are not well. Getting paid and unpaid reasonable adjustments for people on insecure contracts is also a scandalous inequality.
Congress resolves to:
1. campaign for equal rights to full and equal occupational and statutory sick pay access for all workers
2. campaign to highlight the need for extra protection for insecure workers to obtain reasonable adjustments under the equality act legislation
3. call for the ACC and DMSC to work together on these issues
4. produce guidance for branches
5. call on UCU to work with other unions and campaign groups on these issues.