Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged minimum wage

Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay care staff the minimum wage when providing on-call night care. Some carers had previously been paid a flat rate of £25 for a […]

Care workers owed up to six years’ back pay after being paid below the minimum wage will have to wait until October for the money they are owed after a government announcement today

If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living wage low-paid workers can actually live on, a legal minimum wage worthy of the name.

It used to take Judith Montgomery three and a half hours to earn two hours’ pay.

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff

They give the upper hand to unscrupulous employers and silence employees who fear they’ll lose hours if they speak out […]

Commenting on the 360 employers named and shamed today (Wednesday) by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for failing to pay the national minimum wage, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This list fails to shame the larger care firms who are equally guilty of denying staff a fair wage. Those in the spotlight today are just […]

"It's also not right to put the onus on employees. Many will be nervous about querying their pay for fear of having their hours reduced or worse still getting the sack. Ministers must stop […]

UNISON calls for living wage and an end to age discrimination ‘built into’ minimum wage

Mobile workers must now be paid for all their travel time – and Ministers must plan how this will be funded

UNISON members reveal how cuts in services affect both them and the people in their care

‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’