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• Underfunded adult social care will continue to lose staff unless ministers act, says UNISON

  20-07-2022 16:23
  
  Responding to a new report by Skills for Care on the size and structure of the social care workforce, UNISON social care lead Gavin Edwards said today (Wednesday):“The scale of vacancies is alarming, and not just for those who rely on care and their families. The sorry state of social care is having a disastrous effect on the NHS, causing massive treatment waits, letting down patients and putting unbearable pressure on health staff.
  “The care sector is acutely underfunded. Wages
  
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• UNISON-supported legal victory secures new holiday rights for all workers 

  20-07-2022 12:44
  
  All workers in the UK will now receive the same minimum level of paid annual holiday leave, regardless of how many hours they work, following a landmark legal judgment by the Supreme Court today (Wednesday).  
  The case, Harpur Trust v Brazel & UNISON, was taken by music teacher Lesley Brazel. She argued her employer was wrong to give her fewer days of annual leave than the legal minimum because she only worked during the school term.UNISON got involved in the Br
  
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• Delayed, disappointing pay rise will leave staff considering their futures, say health unions

  20-07-2022 10:12
  
  Health unions representing more than a million NHS staff in England have ​reacted with dismay to the NHS pay rise of £1,400 announced today (Tuesday) by the government.
  UNISON head of health and chair of the ​NHS group of unions Sara Gorton said: “This is nowhere ​near what’s needed to save the NHS.
  “Demoralised ​and depleted health workers needed to know that ministers are serious about solving the staffing crisis and
  
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