Eleanor Bullen
13 people missed out on £1516 of their earnings
Care workers in Doncaster missed out on their hard-earned pay because Danum homecare failed to pay minimum wage, UNISON reveals today (Thursday).
Danum homecare was one of the businesses uncovered as flouting minimum wage law. In total £2.1m was owed to more than 34,000 workers after government investigations.
Increased offer of 0.25% is “insignificant”
With democracy at the heart of everything UNISON does, general secretary stresses that voting for the next NEC ‘only takes a few minutes’
“It only takes a few minutes, so please vote.” That’s the message today from UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea, as the union approaches the start of balloting for this year’s elections to the national executive council (NEC).
Commenting on a speech by health and social care secretary Matt Hancock today (Friday) to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services spring conference on social care reform, UNISON senior national officer for social care Gavin Edwards said: “There’s been no shortage of promises on social care in recent years, but the government has never delivered. […]
As we approach International Workers’ Memorial Day, acting national officer for health and safety Robert Baughan looks back at a year when workplace safety took centre stage Wednesday 28 April is International Workers’ Memorial Day. This is the day when we get together to remember all those who have died through their work, and rededicate […]
Voters are being reminded that thousands of public sector staff face a government pay freeze in a campaign launched today (Monday) by UNISON ahead of the local elections next week. Care home staff, hospital porters and teaching assistants are among key workers featured in a series of hard-hitting films that show them carrying out vital […]
This year for International Workers’ Memorial Day UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside thought it was important to highlight the experiences that so many of our members have gone through in the last year. Many of you have experienced loss and trauma or witnessed that of your colleagues and friends. You have also worked incredibly hard and […]
Last Friday the government confirmed that money made from the sale of council homes could go towards buying schemes, instead of building new social housing. UNISON believes that this change could divert funding away from the building of desperately needed council homes to replace those that have been sold off. Councils need flexibility and adequate […]
A pay rise of at least £2,000 is crucial to retain, reward and recruit all the NHS staff that have given so much in the past year, says UNISON. Earlier today, health workers helped UNISON present its evidence to the NHS pay review body. This includes data from a survey of 10,000 NHS staff working […]
The judgment today by the Supreme Court that social care staff are not entitled to the national minimum wage for every hour they work, including sleep-in shifts, is a huge blow for thousands across the country. The union says the ruling is a major disappointment, but that it increases pressure on the government to bring […]
