From SAGE Publishing via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: epub 2021-07-15Publication status: PublishedThis article critically analyses a major trade union initiative in the United Kingdom to raise standards in public contracts for domiciliary care, and in turn to improve wages and working conditions for outsourced care workers. The campaign successfully built alliances with national employer representatives, and around 25 per cent of commissioning bodies in England, Scotland and Wales have signed a voluntary charter that guarantees workers an hourly living wage, payment for travel time and regular working hours. The campaign overall, however, has had only limited effects on standards across the sector, in which low wages, zero-hours contrac...
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A recent development in addressing the longstanding problem of low pay in the United Kingdom has bee...
This paper explores the effectiveness of paid services in supporting unpaid carers’ employment in En...
While recent decades have witnessed a growth in the outsourcing of public services in Britain, the p...
This article provides an analysis of resistance to neoliberalism and commodification in the public h...
This report is the culmination of a year-long investigation into pay and conditions in social care, ...
It is undoubtingly noticeable that care workers' employment rights are currently prominent in the ne...
In this booklet, Dr Lydia Hayes sets out the lessons learned from her interdisciplinary research int...
This article uses evidence from a survey of accredited Living Wage Employers to examine the extent t...
[Excerpt] Extended working lives and life expectancies mean that increasing numbers of workers in Eu...
For the UK government, management and some trade union organisations, the idea behind the concept of...
This article explores the impact of state reforms to increase customer authority in social care at a...
Between 1985 to 2014 the number of people aged 85 and above doubled from nearly 700,000 to 1.5 milli...
From Wiley via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: pub-electronic 2021-08-18Article version: VoRPublica...
The corona crisis has made painfully visible the vital importance of carework. Care workers feel tha...
Peer reviewed journal articleThis article analyses the negative ethical impact of privatisation, alo...
A recent development in addressing the longstanding problem of low pay in the United Kingdom has bee...
This paper explores the effectiveness of paid services in supporting unpaid carers’ employment in En...
While recent decades have witnessed a growth in the outsourcing of public services in Britain, the p...
This article provides an analysis of resistance to neoliberalism and commodification in the public h...
This report is the culmination of a year-long investigation into pay and conditions in social care, ...
It is undoubtingly noticeable that care workers' employment rights are currently prominent in the ne...
In this booklet, Dr Lydia Hayes sets out the lessons learned from her interdisciplinary research int...
This article uses evidence from a survey of accredited Living Wage Employers to examine the extent t...
[Excerpt] Extended working lives and life expectancies mean that increasing numbers of workers in Eu...
For the UK government, management and some trade union organisations, the idea behind the concept of...
This article explores the impact of state reforms to increase customer authority in social care at a...
Between 1985 to 2014 the number of people aged 85 and above doubled from nearly 700,000 to 1.5 milli...
From Wiley via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: pub-electronic 2021-08-18Article version: VoRPublica...
The corona crisis has made painfully visible the vital importance of carework. Care workers feel tha...
Peer reviewed journal articleThis article analyses the negative ethical impact of privatisation, alo...
A recent development in addressing the longstanding problem of low pay in the United Kingdom has bee...