Petition · past parliament
Set a minimum salary of £25,000 per year for care workers working in care homes.
Closed
433 signatures
What the petition asks
Social care currently lacks resource. Many care homes pay near to the minimum wage and many only offer permanent contracts of up to 30 hours a week. The industry needs change, it needs improvement. Better pay will attract people with talent and skills delivering a higher quality of care.
A 30 hour contract on minimum wage pays a carer over 25 years old, £864 gross a month. Nowadays that just about pays for the average rent of a family home without any other associated costs.
Benefits:
Improve employee satisfaction.
Gross costs directly returned to the public purse via income tax and NI.
Wage rise would amount to further savings on tax credits & other in work benefits.
Improve staff retention rates.
Save on recruitment costs.
Investment for long term stability.
Benefits:
Improve employee satisfaction.
Gross costs directly returned to the public purse via income tax and NI.
Wage rise would amount to further savings on tax credits & other in work benefits.
Improve staff retention rates.
Save on recruitment costs.
Investment for long term stability.
Timeline
| 27 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
433
Status
Closed
Opened
27 Mar 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.