Plans to Curb Zero-Hour Contracts in Social Care Consultation Launched

Plans to Curb Zero-Hour Contracts in Social Care Consultation Launched

This has been submitted by Business Wales

The Welsh Government is consulting on proposals that support recruitment, retention and working practices in the domiciliary care sector.

The draft regulations:

require providers of domiciliary support services to distinguish between travel time and care time

provide domiciliary care staff with an alternative to zero-hours contracts

The consultation also seeks your views on:

opening the register of social care workers to those employed in regulated domiciliary support services from 2018

how the Welsh government may address current challenges in the recruitment and retention of trained social care managers

Information events on the consultation will be held on 21 June in Cardiff and 13 July in Wrexham.

To attend contact [email protected] by 19 June (Cardiff event) or 30 June (Wrexham event). Spaces are limited and subject to availability.

The consultation closes on 7 August 2017. For further information please visit the Welsh Government website.