PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Care Workers: Pay (25 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to end the practice of private social care workers being paid by the minute; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
All social care workers are entitled to be paid at least the national minimum wage or national living wage for the work that they do. Time spent caring for clients, travelling between appointments, and waiting to start the appointment should be included in the pay calculation. Further guidance on what counts as working time is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-different-types-work
Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
22 July 2020
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