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Care workers need increased mileage allowance

There has been a call for Health Minister Robin Swann to increase the mileage allowance to help support care workers struggling in the current cost of living crisis. Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson said the increase in the price of petrol and diesel ...

23 Jun 2022 at 13:33

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Carers out of pocket as fuel costs soar

An urgent review of the mileage allowance for domiciliary care workers has been called for. Mark Durkan MLA (SDLP) said carers should not be left out of pocket as fuel costs soar. Mr Durkan said: "There needs to be an urgent review of the ...

21 Jun 2022 at 14:33

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Care workers to call for equal pay dispute resolution at joint rally

Care workers from three Scottish council areas are set to demand at a joint rally over equal pay that they are not made “scapegoats”. Home carers in Falkirk launched four days of strikes on Friday, with Renfrewshire and West ...

10 Apr 2024 at 11:00

Ministers urged to ditch ‘catastrophic’ plans for migrant care workers

The Government has been warned that its ban on overseas care staff bringing dependants to the UK is “catastrophic”. Unison and the National Care Forum urged ministers to ditch the plan, saying it will undermine care ...

22 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Care staff ‘left in limbo’ over pay rise balloted on strike action

Council workers are to be balloted on strike action after being left “in limbo” as local authority leaders delay making a pay offer, a union has said. GMB Scotland and Unite’s care worker members employed by ...

16 May 2024 at 18:54

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Health workers organise pay demonstrations

Health and Social Care Workers from the Western Trust will take part in co-ordinated demonstrations to highlight their pay increase demands. The lunchtime demonstrations will take place today (September 6) ...

06 Sept 2022 at 09:33

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Co-ordinated wage demonstrations by Health and Social Care Workers

Health and Social Care Workers from the Western Trust have held coordinated demonstrations to highlight their pay increase demands. The demonstrations took place on Tuesday across the Altnagelvin, Omagh ...

06 Sept 2022 at 19:33

Some care workers do not receive sick pay, study suggests

Some care workers employed in the private sector are not receiving any pay if they are off sick, according to a new study. Unison said a survey of over 2,000 care workers employed by private firms ...

16 Jun 2022 at 13:24

No plans to remove care workers from shortage occupation list, Downing Street says

The Government has no plans to remove care workers from the shortage occupation list to cut immigration despite calls from Tory MPs, Downing Street said. No 10 also downplayed the prospect of ...

03 Jul 2023 at 15:33

Tory group stress loyalty to PM as they promote migration-cutting plans

MPs who came up with a blueprint for reducing the number of migrants arriving lawfully into the UK have insisted they are loyal to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The New Conservatives group, ...

03 Jul 2023 at 16:24

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report

Social care staff need a “staggering” pay rise of 41% on average to earn the same amount as their NHS counterparts, research suggests. It would take 23 years of current Government ...

19 Dec 2022 at 18:51

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'Health and social care workers deserve pay increase' - Cllr Maeve O'Neill

Government failure has been blamed for the strike action currently being taken by health and social care workers. Speaking to Derry Now from this morning's picket line, Derry ...

12 Dec 2022 at 10:33

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