“Two thirds of charities caring for vulnerable adults risk going bust if they are required to pay backdated wages to staff for night shifts, a survey suggests.
The findings come after a tribunal ruled that carers had been historically underpaid for the shifts. …
Only half of local authorities or NHS care commissioning groups that buy care packages for disabled people had agreed to fund sleep-in shifts for care staff at a rate that paid them the national minimum wage per hour.
The survey also found that care providers had decided not to bid for 273 new contracts with councils or NHS bodies as they judged the fees offered would not cover higher staff costs. Fifty-six per cent were considering handing contracts back and 70 per cent wanted to renegotiate contracts. …”
Source: Times (pay wall)
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