Local authorities should change how they commission homecare, ensuring workers are paid the minimum wage, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)has said after it conducted a review into the practices. It has concluded the current situation is unsustainable, leading to inadequate pay, poor working conditions for care workers and increasing threats to older peoples human rights.
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