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...
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.
MPs praise UNISON's campaign to support care workers who are "illegally" under-paid
The article Care workers continue to be denied the minimum wage first appeared on the UNISON site.
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 is asking members to lobby their MPs ahead of crucial debate
The article Help stop the illegal underpayment of homecare workers first appeared on the UNISON site.
UNISON members describe how cuts to services are affecting both themselves and the people in their care
The article The truth about the cuts first appeared on the UNISON site.
UNISON members reveal how cuts in services affect both them and the people in their care
The article The truth about the cuts: the homecare worker 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...
Three quarters of councils continue to insist on 15-minute homecare visits for elderly and disabled people, UNISON reveals
The article Homecare in crisis first appeared on the UNISON site.
UNISON has revealed today that 74% of local authorities in England are still limiting homecare visits for their elderly, ill and disabled residents to just 15 minutes.
The article Councils still...