Petition Change Carer's Allowance to pay carers minimum wage for every hour of care
I would like the Government to recognise the hard work and struggles unpaid carers go through and change Carer's Allowance to pay carers the minimum wage for every hour of care they provide. Workers are entitled to the minimum wage, and we think carers should be too.
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We feel that carers are underappreciated and under recognised, and should be entitled to the minimum wage for the care they provide, in the same that workers are entitled to the minimum wage for hours they work.
Why should carers receive less than the minimum wage for the care they provide? And if caring roles stop carers from being able to work, why should they have financial worries on top of their caring roles? We believe the current Carer's Allowance is unfair.
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