Care workers among Glasgow City Council staff to strike in pay row
Council workers have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB union at Glasgow City Council backed walkouts by 72% and other forms of
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Doctors defy Jeremy Hunt appeal as first all-out strike in NHS history begins
Thousands of junior doctors are staging the first all-out strike in the history of the NHS after the Health Secretary made it clear a new contract will go ahead. Jeremy
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Women risk pension poverty to pay for childcare, Fawcett Society warns
Young women are cutting their pension contributions to cover the cost of childcare, risking poverty when they retire, a new report has warned. The Fawcett Society said women in their
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NHS could save £191m a year on locums, pay rates analysis finds
Trusts could make savings of £191 million per year in spending on locums across the four main staffing grades, as new figures show the impact of the fresh cap on
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Report: LaingBuisson’s Care Home Pay Survey – Third edition
Become a care home manager? No thanks. National Living Wage, increased regulation and challenging legal framework add up to a role that one wants… While the introduction of the National
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DH brand doctors ‘irresponsible’ as 5,100 procedures postponed in latest strike
Thousands of patients are expecting to face further disruption to NHS services as junior doctors take to picket lines once more in their ongoing dispute with the Government. Figures from
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Hospitals ‘paying locum doctors for extra hours to bypass wages cap’
Hospitals are paying locum doctors for hours they have not worked to bypass a Government cap on agency staff pay, it has been reported. Some doctors are claiming for extra
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Councils ‘spent more than £200m on staff settlements, most with gagging orders’
Councils have spent more than £200 million on settlements with staff – most of which include “gagging orders”, an investigation has found. Over the past five years, 17,571 “compromise agreements”
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Councils warn National Living Wage could bring care services to breaking point
Care services for the elderly and disabled could hit breaking point with the introduction of the new National Living Wage (NLW), councils say. Town councils, who have battled against a
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Workers urged to check payslips as national living wage introduced
Workers are being urged to make sure they are paid the new national living wage after research revealed a third of people never check their payslips. The new rate of
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