Submitted by Kevin Robinson on Wednesday 24th April 2024
Published on Thursday 2nd May 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Saturday 2nd November 2024
Current Signatures: 281
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Extend planned offence of assaulting retail workers to all public-facing roles
The Government is planning to amend the Criminal Justice Bill to create a specific offence of assaulting retail workers, with custodial sentences up to 6 months and unlimited fines for offenders. The Government should now extend this to all public facing roles.
We believe abuse of those who work in a public facing role is on the increase as societal tolerance decreases. We think people in other public-facing roles are now at equal risk compared to those who work in the retail sector and should be afforded the same levels of protection.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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