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VICTIMS of domestic abuse should be given additional paid leave from work, the Scottish National Party affirmed today.
The party endorsed a motion saying that an entitlement on top of sick pay and holiday “would assist victims to leave their partners, find new homes and help protect themselves and any dependent children.”
Such a policy has already been introduced in New Zealand, and was announced as Labour policy at that party’s women’s conference last month.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East