Employees and staff in licensed pubs and bars have to often deal with a lot of harassment and verbal and physical abuse during the course of their work.

The Midlands’ safety inspectors have joined forces with the HSE to try to bring about a change, and ensure a safer work environment in pubs where employees can work without fear of any attacks from the customers.

HSE’s project manager, Ian Andrews, lamented the low percentage of cases of this kind that are actually reported, stating that many more instances of this sort take place than can be accounted for. He also said that employers owe a duty of care to their employees to take steps to ensure that such incidents occur less and less frequently.

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The campaign involves the meeting of the HSE and Midlands authorities with license-holders, proprietors, and the workers themselves in order to determine the best and simplest methods of making a safe workplace for pub workers.

These simple measures include a change in the layout of the pub, improving the lighting, and being a part of the PubWatch scheme. It is hoped that through these measures, employees will no longer have to dread going to work due to undeserved harassment and abuse.