A new report finds that marginalised workers were excluded from the design of digital social protection systems and that many without smartphones or digital literacy were unable to access social ...

Globalisation has led to important changes in the nature of work, and workers access to social protection. In large parts of the global economy work is becoming increasingly informalised, both in ...

Public services union Unison has called on Leeds City Council to improve protection for social workers dealing with child protection incidents. A Leeds City Council spokesperson said the safety of ...

The care services minister has defended the government’s record on protecting social care workers against violence amid growing calls for more action. Speaking to Community Care, Ivan Lewis ...

The International Labour Organisation and global labour unions have renewed calls for stronger social protection systems to safeguard workers, following the outcome of the Fourth International ...

Work-related social events could become decidedly more staid affairs this autumn and Christmas, or could even be scrapped altogether, as organisations comply with the Worker Protection (Amendment of ...

A social worker at the centre of the Baby P abuse scandal was overloaded with child protection cases, it is claimed today. Maria Ward was the allocated social worker for 18 different cases at the time ...

Social workers have been 'over-optimistic' in removing children from the protection register designed to keep them safe from harm, as was seen in the case of murdered Logan Mwangi, a Welsh ...

Alex Corran, who is originally from Runcorn and has worked in Wirral as a child protection social worker for three years, will take part in the challenge in August 2026, raising money for the Domestic ...