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Violence against shopworkers more than tripled during pandemic, new figures show
VIOLENCE and abuse against shopworkers more than tripled during the pandemic as social distancing and face mask restrictions were enforced, according to new figures.
Even though far fewer shops were open due to the closure of non-essential stores for large parts of the year, abuse levels still soared.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the number of incidents surged to 1,301 each day in the year to March 2021, from 455 per day a year earlier.
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