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Saturday, 28 July 2012
Outrageous - 1 in 5 workers forced to pay for their own protective safety equipment
A TUC survey published yesterday reveals that although employers are required by law to provide employees with personal protective equipment free of charge, more than one in five workers are being forced to pay for it out of their own pocket: http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-21272-f0.cfm