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Report finds 3 in 4 on zero hours earn ‘below living wage’

By Iain MacDonald30th April 2014News England

Most workers on zero hours contracts earn less than the living wage, fuelling fears of poor pay and exploitation of employees, according to a new report. A study by the

NI health staff may strike as payment problems continue

By Iain MacDonald29th April 2014News Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Health Minister, Edwin Poots, has come under fire for failing to tackle the severe problem with the payment of staff salaries. Unison says frontline staff have been pushed

Report: How do pay and conditions for workers in residential, nursing and domiciliary care services relate to the quality of care they provide?

By Iain MacDonald22nd April 2014Reports & Resources

Care workers do demanding work for low pay, and social care services are being delivered in an increasingly challenging environment, yet service users, their carers and families have increasing expectations

Unison to debate pay action at annual conference

By Iain MacDonald15th April 2014News England

The threat of industrial action by health workers in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay is set to come a step closer today. Unison’s annual health conference will

Think-tank: give zero-hours contract workers fixed-hours employment

By Iain MacDonald26th March 2014News England

Workers on controversial zero-hours contracts should get a legal right to a fixed-hours arrangement after 12 months, a think-tank has concluded. The Resolution Foundation’s suggestion came as part of a

Unions anger as health workers’ pay pegged at 1%

By Iain MacDonald13th March 2014News England

The Government has been accused of “taking a scalpel” to the pay of health workers by refusing to give an across the board wage rise. Increases of 1% will be

Glasgow care home staff begin three-day strike over hours

By Iain MacDonald14th February 2014News Scotland

Staff at Glasgow’s council-run care homes are to step up industrial action with a three-day walkout starting today. The strike is the third this year in the action by Unison

Social care workers pay lagging behind in London

By Iain MacDonald11th February 2014News England

Two thirds of London boroughs are yet to be accredited as London Living Wage employers; of the third that are accredited there has been slow progress in applying fair wages

Choice Support staff vote to strike over changes to salary levels

By Iain MacDonald21st January 2014News England

Members of the union Unison at the social care charity Choice Support have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over changes to pay. Sixty-eight of 80 Unison

Doncaster care workers face 50 per cent pay cut

By Iain MacDonald3rd December 2013News England

Workers who care for adults with learning disabilities in Doncaster are considering strike action over proposals to slash their pay. Employees who work for Care UK are said to be