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

UNISON is looking for people who are on the national minimum wage – currently £7.50 an hour – and who also get universal credit

Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins

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

Charities and care companies that have paid staff one-off payments for overnight sleep-ins should not be exempt from paying the national minimum wage, says UNISON. Claims for back pay could cost the sector £400m according to Mencap. UNISON believes care workers should be paid at least the minimum wage for work they have already done […]

Union will seek to use Agenda for Change to protect apprentice pay and conditions

New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’

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 government has launched its campaign to raise awareness of the increase in national minimum wage rates – and the so-called national living wage – which will come into force on 1 April. The new rates are: 25 and over – £7.50 an hour; 21 to 24 – £7.05 an hour; 18 to 20 – […]

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

UNISON reasserts the ‘ultimate goal’ for UK minimum wage policy, in its submission to the Low Pay Commission

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 […]

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