Angela Rayner will open Labour’s Party Conference in Brighton on Saturday with a promise to legislate for Fair Pay Agreements, starting in the social care sector which bore the burden of the covid pandemic.
Under Fair Pay Agreements, which run in other countries, worker and employers representatives are brought together by the government to agree minimum pay, terms and condition.The agreements form a “floor” in a sector meaning that good employers who pay well and look after their staff cannot be undermined by unscrupulous operators.Other measures from a Labour government would include an immediate increase to the minimum wage to at least £10 per hour, the creation of a single status of “worker” for all but the genuinely self-employed, the.
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