British care company fines workers £50 for calling in sick

Newcross Healthcare provides nursing and other staff for hospitals, care homes and private homes.One of Britain’s biggest providers of agency carers has been fining staff who phone in sick £50, raising concerns that frontline employees are being forced to turn up for shifts when they are not fit for work and risk spreading illnesses to vulnerable patients.An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered evidence of cases in which Newcross Healthcare Solutions has failed to pay its empl