Council sign up to Dying to Work campaign
Sheffield City Council is the first employer in Yorkshire to get on-board with the campaign, which is seeking to see terminal illness recognised as a protected characteristic, so that an employee with a terminal condition can benefit from a protected period and not be dismissed as a result of their condition. It would also mean the protection of any death in service benefit for the loved ones they leave behind. Current legislation still allows employers to dismiss a terminally ill employee if they fail a capability assessment with ‘reasonable adjustments.’