Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise
Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
Twenty years on from the bold, landmark decision to establish a National Minimum Wage, it is time for a new landmark – a real Living Wage for all, regardless of age, that everyone in work can afford to live on. Doing so would meet the original aim of the National Minimum Wage – a decent salary for all. And that is what our union will continue to fight for.
Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April
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
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 […]
The new collection of essays looks at how the minimum wage could evolve
UNISON and Mencap have written jointly to the Prime Minister today (Tuesday) calling for immediate reform of minimum wage laws affecting thousands of care workers. The letter to Boris Johnson says “action is needed urgently” to amend current rules so sleep-in shifts – where staff have to stay overnight away from home – are defined as […]
UNISON and its predecessors were among the first organisations in the country to support the Living Wage. There are over 1,300 employers accredited as living wage employers by the Living Wage Foundation. The Scotland government has established the living wage within all its public sector organisations. Many UNISON service groups and regions have launched living […]
Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
If caught out for failing to pay for travel time, firms seldom make amends and correct the payments across the whole of the workforce. Judith Montgomery’s case highlights the issue of unpaid […]
New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise
New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’