Recommendation 33

Retail workers, by the very nature of their employment, are placed at an increased risk of violence and abuse compared to members of the general public. They are 68 Violence and abuse towards retail workers vulnerable to repeat offenders who are able to return time and again to stores, compounding abuse and leaving them feeling trapped and fearful in their place of work. The uniquely local nature of their employment means that retail workers face the terrifying prospect of offenders following them home or extending abuse into other parts of their lives in the local community.