Minimum Wage Rates And Support Workers

EDM number 432 in 2009-10, proposed by John Leech on 10/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Community care and Incomes and poverty.

That this House recognises the valuable work of support workers who provide overnight support to vulnerable adults; notes with concern that employers are able to pay rates below the minimum wage to support staff who sleepover but remain on call throughout the night; further recognises that it is often impossible for staff to spend any time asleep while on shift; and therefore urges the Government to bring forward proposals to put an end to the legal practice of paying support workers below the minimum wage for their sleep rate and to ensure that they are paid the minimum wage for sleepover hours.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Leech	10/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lynne Jones	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	10/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	14/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Pelling	14/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Seconded
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	15/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	15/12/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/12/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	16/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	05/01/2010	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	05/01/2010	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	05/01/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2010	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	01/02/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/02/2010	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	10/02/2010	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Frank Doran	23/03/2010	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed

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