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Union calls for better pay and scrapping of ‘no jab, no job’ rule

Business Funding Human Resources Legislation People Recruitment by Lee Peart on September 6, 2021

UNISON has called on the Government to abandon mandatory COVID vaccination and provide urgent funding so that all care workers receive at least the real living wage. Care home staff must receive the first vaccination

Care staff more likely to refuse jab if threatened by employers, union finds

Business Human Resources People Research by Lee Peart on May 24, 2021

Care staff are almost twice as likely to refuse a COVID jab if they have been threatened or not been

Care group under union fire for proposed changes to staff contracts

Care home groups Human Resources Operators People by Lee Peart on April 19, 2021

Consumers Feel The Pinch With Christmas Around The Corner

A care group’s plans to alter staff contracts, including cutting staff holiday, sickness and maternity pay have been branded “mean

Additional money for social care must help staff who self-isolate, says UNISON

Business Funding Human Resources People by Lee Peart on March 19, 2021

Leading union UNISON has said the government’s extension of emergency funding for social care must be used to support staff

IN FOCUS: Coalition seeks a fair deal for care workforce

Human Resources People by Lee Peart on November 18, 2020

Christina McAnea, co-chair of the Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) and UNISON assistant general secretary, explains why employers, unions and politicians from all parties came together this month to launch call for a fair deal for carers.