The British banking industry calls on the government to expand the retail employees of the employees of banks and construction companies with new legal protection for retailers, and warn that they are exposed to similar risks of abuse, violence and intimidation.
A proposed new independent crime for the attacks by retail employees is introduced to the government as part of the government law and the government’s law, which is currently progressing by Parliament. The measure, which was first promised by the previous conservative administration and now adopted by Labor, would make it a certain criminal offense to spread out retail staff, with the criminals being confronted in prison and/or unlimited fines for up to six months.
However, the British financing, the commercial authority that represents the banking sector, has announced that the legislative template of the bank and the construction company, although 10,503 abuse cases were reported to branches last year.
“This exclusion discriminates against unjustified branch employees,” said UK Finance in his submission to parliament. “Like other customers from the customer, they earn it to feel safe at work. Attacks on banking staff should have the same consequences.”
The bank branches played a unique role in the High Street and often deal with emotionally stressed situations associated with personal finances, security and efforts by people.
The British financing also pointed out an increased protest activity that was aimed against the bank’s branches in relation to ecological and geopolitical issues.
Several Barclays branches were destroyed to Israel last year by Pro-Palestinian activists who make the connections that deliver weapons to Israel. The demonstrators disrupted the bank’s general meeting at the beginning of this month, waving Palestinian flags.
HSBC and Standard Chartered also saw the Great Britain coordinated by climate activists against fossil fuels in Great Britain, which caused concerns about the security of employees and customers during the demonstrations.
“Protests against banks that award to defense companies are regularly and violent,” said UK Finance. “Innocent branches or members of the public have a real risk of damage.”
While joint attacks are already a criminal offense under the British law, the retail sector successfully campaigned for committed charges and quoted rising incidents of violence and abuse.
The government under Rishi Sunak initially opposed it, but reversed its position before the last elections. Although this legislation was dropped during the dissolution of the parliament, the new Labor government has revived the proposal with an independent crime that focuses on retail workers.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said: “Nobody should be attacked during the work, and this government took robust measures to combat the theft of shops and protect retail workers.”
For the banking staff, however, the lack of inclusion in the proposed crime legally exposed them, although they deal with similar and often volatile scenarios.
UK Finance now calls for changes to the law to ensure that the employees of the branch receive the same legal protection as their colleagues in retail.
With increasing violence at the workplace and the protest-related threats in the entire financial sector, the industry leaders argue that all employees with public people according to the law earn the same protection-regardless of whether they sell food or handle personal savings.