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Carers sue council in historic minimum wage claim

Haringey LBC and care contractors are being taken to court over an alleged failure to pay the minimum wage.

By Thomas Bridge | 14 September 2016

Haringey LBC and care contractors are being taken to court over an alleged failure to pay the minimum wage.

Trade union Unison claim firm Sevacare paid 17 home care workers as little as £3.27 per hour in the north London borough, less than half the minimum wage.

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