Government must act over minimum wage laws affecting care workers, say UNISON and Mencap 

UNISON and Mencap have written jointly to the Prime Minister today (T​uesday) calling for immediate reform of minimum wage laws affecting thousands of care workers.   The letter to Boris Johnson says “action is needed urgently” to amend current rules so sleep-in shifts – where staff have to stay overnight away from home – are defined as working time and paid properly.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled* the hours employees are asleep don’t have