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
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With just a few days to go, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on the issues most important to our members
The article General election 2017: Social care first appeared on the UNISON...
UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country's councils on International Women's Day
The article Funding care can lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged first appeared on the UNISON...
Adult social care is in crisis, but UNISON has a solution – find out how UNISON's proposal to use a £2.4bn business rate surplus in England would affect funding in your area
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Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today (Friday). The Damage: Care in Crisis is...
East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers' Week
The article Nottingham signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter first appeared on the UNISON site.
Vitally important care workers are being paid far less than the absolute basic minimum that they should receive. Nearly twenty years on from the establishment of a minimum wage in this country, that...
Ethical Care Charter commits council to living wage and not using zero-hours contracts or 15-minute visits, giving dignity to vulnerable people
The article Milton Keynes signs up to UNISON ethical...
Women share their experience as carers at Brighton conference
The article ‘The real challenges’ of caring first appeared on the UNISON site.
It's impossible to read these stories and not wish for a proper solution to our care crisis - and that will require money and political will to achieve
The article Homecare in the UK is being...