It would ensure that the care they commission is not delivered on the backs of exploited workers and would be policed by the Care Quality Commission. The Charter described in the report […]
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The figures illustrate how homecare workers across England are being exploited on a massive scale and call into question the decision by councils to outsource […]
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It is the amount a worker needs to provide the basics of life for themselves and their families without having to rely on their pay being topped up by in-work benefits, and is 20p […]
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This is against the law - and it leads to many good homecare workers leaving the sector because they can no longer afford to do […]
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UNISON members working for Grwp Gwalia in elderly care services in Neath Port Talbot are protesting against the employer’s proposals to cut pay, terms and conditions
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Over 400 workers are employed by Outward to provide care and support to people with severe learning disabilities and autism spectrum conditions. Most of them […]
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The survey of more than 700 care workers found that on average they spend six hours and 49 minutes each week travelling between clients. This means someone not being paid for travel time […]
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Work by UNISON and a number of campaigning Labour MPs had secured a 90-minute Westminster Hall debate on care workers […]
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The report backs up UNISON's claims that thousands of homecare workers are currently paid below the national minimum wage mainly because they are not […]
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The total bill has been estimated at between £160m and £400m and the government has given the employers extra time to pay up, after many said they faced […]
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The Westminster Hall debate about care workers takes takes at 9:30am and is a great opportunity for us to get MPs to debate the problem of illegally paid care workers and […]
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Part of our pay up for travel time […]
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They seek to divide public and private sector, employed and unemployed and disabled people from the rest of society, Merv Butler tells Labour conference
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Questions for you to ask your commissioning officers
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That’s because Judith was a homecare worker, and her employer had decided not to pay her for the time she spent travelling between her visits to […]
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