A company that runs 13 former council residential care homes for the elderly across Leicestershire has today sacked 100 care workers following a dispute over pay and conditions. The staff axed by Leicestershire County Care Ltd (LCCL) are all former council staff that transferred to a new employer when the homes were privatised. They had been facing cuts such as the removal of pay supplements for night work; work at weekends […]
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UNISON has been campaigning against cuts proposed by Leicestershire County Care Ltd that would hit the wages and conditions of employment of 98 staff employed in the 13 former council care homes across Leicestershire. Plans to cut pay of some care workers by 30% together with reductions to holiday, sick pay and maternity benefits were […]
A major care home employer in Leicestershire that planned to drastically cut staff rights and has now issued redundancy notices to workers on the front line in the fight against Covid-19 has today (Monday) been condemned by UNISON. Newly revealed proposals by Leicestershire County Care would see job losses for up to 98 staff who […]
Thursday at 8pm the nation turns out to clap in appreciation at the work our essential public sector workers who each day place the interests and safety of our most vulnerable citizens ahead of their own. You will find no more obvious example of selfless public service than that shown by workers in 1000’s of residential care homes across the UK. Residential care homes are never a destination of choice, but they represent an important part […]
Care home employer’s plans to cut pay and sick leave for over 100 staff ‘beyond belief’, says UNISON Plans by a major Leicestershire care home employer to make drastic cuts to pay, sick leave and holidays for more than 100 staff have today (Thursday) been condemned by UNISON. The move by Leicestershire County Care, whose parent company Johnson Care […]