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 […]
Search
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’
When Angela Rayner was growing up she went to her gran’s house for a bath on Sundays because her parents couldn’t always afford hot water.
She lived in a council estate in a home with no books and both her parents were on benefits. Now she’s shadow education secretary
MPs and care workers are staging a protest today (Thursday) outside Haringey Civic Centre in Wood Green, calling on the council to do its bit to improve conditions for homecare staff across the borough. David Lammy and Catherine West are getting together with homecare workers to urge the London Borough of Haringey to sign and […]
North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to put its name to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions
Council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s standards for homecare, carers and those needing care
Seventeen homecare workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court.
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 […]
The union is urging the government to end the systematic underpayment that it believes is widespread in the sector, by tweaking minimum wage regulations so employers […]
East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week
MPs praise UNISON’s campaign to support care workers who are ‘illegally’ under paid
Tens of thousands of care workers across England and Wales are still being paid less than the minimum wage because councils are not insisting that homecare companies pay staff their travel time, a UNISON report is warning today (Wednesday). More than three quarters (76 per cent) of councils in England don’t stipulate in their contracts […]
Email your MP to add their voice to tomorrow’s (23 March) Westminster Hall debate
UNISON members describe how cuts to services are affecting both themselves and the people in their care