A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage
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Council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s standards for homecare, carers and those needing care
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Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
Now UNISON is urging members to back a day of action on 16 November to support homecare workers and campaign locally to raise awareness of the cuts’ impact. Save Care Now […]
The blame for the social care crisis must be laid at the government’s door: ministers must get tougher with enforcing and more money must be put into care
Seventeen homecare workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court.
The crisis in adult social care is set to worsen due to a growing funding gap, UNISON has told the Communities and Local Government Committee.
It used to take Judith Montgomery three and a half hours to earn two hours’ pay.
Failure to honour the minimum wage is endemic across the care sector as many homecare workers are unpaid for the time they travel between home visits – which can be up to a fifth of their working day, says UNISON today (Thursday). The union is urging the government to end the systematic underpayment that it […]
East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week