Working time and rest breaks
The basic rule in the UK is that no worker can work more than 48 hours a week on average. The average is usually calculated over a 17 week period, meaning that if you go over the 48 hours on some weeks but are under on others then you may be ok. However nothing is […]
Live-In Care and the National Living Wage
In the UK, all eligible workers are entitled to receive the National Living Wage (formerly National Minimum Wage) even if they are not paid by the hour. This means that if you are a live-in carer and you are paid by the day or by the week, you are still entitled to receive the National […]
Social Care or Health Care – Blurred lines
For those of us in the public, it can sometimes be hard to understand the difference between Health and Social care. After all, why should it matter or make a difference ? Many of the older generation believe that they have paid National Insurance contributions all their lives so that they can be looked after […]
Brexit and its effect on the Care sector
No matter where you get your news from, you can’t help but see something about Brexit wherever you turn. Whether you are for or against Brexit, most people will agree that the future beyond Brexit will likely look very different from the past. So what are the sorts of things that will change, or will […]
Zero-Hours contracts, Pay and Domiciliary Care
The standard practice across the domiciliary care sector is to pay carers on the basis of “Zero-Hours” contracts. There has been a lot of publicity about these types of employment contracts in recent years, most of it negative. However when fairly applied, they can be very suitable for some people. So what is it all […]
Care and regulations
In the UK the provision of care services is strictly regulated by law. Any company or organisation that charges for the provision of care services needs to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), needs to abide by certain rules and gets inspected and rated. The only exceptions to this requirement to register with […]