Submission Documents: Motion by Bailie Anthony Carroll:- "Council recognises that many vital industries in our city - such as hospitality, cleaning, and care - rely on shift work, which can mean workers not ending until late at night. The safety of those workers, who are predominantly women, has been an increasing concern. Council believes that the duty of care employers have for employees must extend to take into consideration their welfare at the end of shifts, in particular for those ending at such un-social hours, in getting home. Unite the Union's "Get me Home Safely" campaign calls on employers to take all reasonable steps to ensure workers in licenced venues are able to get home safely from work at night, and has been supported by other Councils across Scotland. Safety against harassment and assault needs to be extended outside the doors of employees' workplaces. Council supports the strengthening of enforcement of laws against harassment and assault, in particular of a sexual nature, which currently has very low rates of reporting and convictions. Council notes work done already through the Licensing Board in the previous Council term and expects this work to be strengthened through the below actions. Therefore, Council will: - Fully support Unite's "Get me Home Safely" campaign, and instruct relevant officers in Licensing, Transport and Community Safety to design an implementation plan to meet the aims of this campaign. - Respond to the Licensing Board's policy consultation supporting further work to have free transport offered to workers getting home safely after 11pm by licence holders. - Support the introduction of legal requirements for training transport workers on preventing gender-based violence, sexual assault and harrassment on public transport and private hire vehicles. - Call on all public transport providers to provide later and more regular night service provision to ensure public transport options are available for late night shift workers. - Investigate innovative approaches to providing workplace and community transport routes to improve worker safety and reduce the ecological impact of commuting. - Support efforts for the municipal ownership of buses in order to lower prices and improve service provision, especially for night-time and off-peak services, and seek to include late-shift workers in work being on free public transport pilots. - Make representation to appropriate levels of governance to bring forward national minimum standards for taxis and private hire as per the recommendations of the Task and Finishing group and in support of this motion and its demands on behalf of our local community." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Bailie Anthony Carroll:- "Council recognises that many vital industries in our city - such as hospitality, cleaning, and care - rely on shift work, which can mean workers not ending until late at night. The safety of those workers, who are predominantly women, has been an increasing concern. Council believes that the duty of care employers have for employees must extend to take into consideration their welfare at the end of shifts, in particular for those ending at such un-social hours, in getting home. Unite the Union's "Get me Home Safely" campaign calls on employers to take all reasonable steps to ensure workers in licenced venues are able to get home safely from work at night, and has been supported by other Councils across Scotland. Safety against harassment and assault needs to be extended outside the doors of employees' workplaces. Council supports the strengthening of enforcement of laws against harassment and assault, in particular of a sexual nature, which currently has very low rates of reporting and convictions. Council notes work done already through the Licensing Board in the previous Council term and expects this work to be strengthened through the below actions. Therefore, Council will: - Fully support Unite's "Get me Home Safely" campaign, and instruct relevant officers in Licensing, Transport and Community Safety to design an implementation plan to meet the aims of this campaign. - Respond to the Licensing Board's policy consultation supporting further work to have free transport offered to workers getting home safely after 11pm by licence holders. - Support the introduction of legal requirements for training transport workers on preventing gender-based violence, sexual assault and harrassment on public transport and private hire vehicles. - Call on all public transport providers to provide later and more regular night service provision to ensure public transport options are available for late night shift workers. - Investigate innovative approaches to providing workplace and community transport routes to improve worker safety and reduce the ecological impact of commuting. - Support efforts for the municipal ownership of buses in order to lower prices and improve service provision, especially for night-time and off-peak services, and seek to include late-shift workers in work being on free public transport pilots. - Make representation to appropriate levels of governance to bring forward national minimum standards for taxis and private hire as per the recommendations of the Task and Finishing group and in support of this motion and its demands on behalf of our local community.".

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