Two-thirds of UK workers with long Covid have faced unfair treatment, says report

TUC and charity call for better support and legal right to reasonable adjustments at work for sufferers

• ‘I felt pushed out’: long Covid sufferers fight for fairness in workplace

UK ministers should act to ensure long Covid sufferers receive the support they need from employers, with as many as two-thirds claiming they have been unfairly treated at work, a report argues.

The report, from the TUC and the charity Long Covid Support, warns that failing to accommodate the 2m people who, according to ONS data, may be suffering from long Covid in the UK will create, “new, long-lasting inequalities”.