The government must tighten minimum wage regulations
The government must tighten minimum wage regulations
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 […]
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 […]
From today, many low-paid workers will begin to receive the so-called “national living wage” – of course, the new wage level is anything but
It’s time for the government and councils to act, put a stop to the shocking treatment of this dedicated group of employees – and give our care workers, and […]
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UNISON members reveal how cuts in services affect both them and the people in their care
Mobile workers must now be paid for all their travel time – and Ministers must plan how this will be funded
Not content with cutting in-work benefits for low paid workers the government has announced plans to make striking for higher pay even more difficult than it already is, if not completely impossible. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that families with young children could be up to £1,000 a year worse off because of the […]