The legal decision today (Friday) not to count sleep-in shifts as working time is wrong, and is at odds with legal precedents and a common sense understanding of what counts as work, says UNISON. Today’s Court of Appeal judgment in favour of Mencap overturns a previous ruling at an employment appeal tribunal in April 2017. […]
social care
Cutting income tax for people earning more than £1m per year has deprived the Exchequer of more than £11.1bn over the past sixyears, according to new analysis by UNISON published today (Sunday). The government’s decision to reduce the top rate of income tax from 50p to 45p in April 2013 has also saved the rich […]
UNISON’s national delegate conference votes to enact a detailed 10-point plan to fight for social care and the NHS
New report published in run-up to government green paper
Commenting today (Monday) on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on integrated care, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Competition and the internal market have meant extra unwelcome and unnecessary pressures on an already overstretched NHS, making it harder to join up services and improve health and social care for the better. “Getting rid […]
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
UNISON responds to the Public Accounts Committee report
UNISON will continue to campaign for the funding needed to deliver ‘a comprehensive, safe and high quality service’
Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON
Community delegates recognise work of Care Workers for Change campaign in defending care services and organising a fragmented and casualised workforce