Care Home Fees

The NHS is responsible for paying care home or nursing home fees for people in care for medical reasons and you may be entitled to a full refund of your payments (from 1st April 2012) and ensuere that the NHS pay all future payments if this applies to you.

 

Chris Rudd at the JMP's UK Financial Claims Centre in Warrington provides expert guidance and advice on recovering previous payments.

 

Contact Chris to discuss your claim on a no obligation basis by calling 08456 801 895.

 

The care home industry has also been under investigation by HMRC where it revealed that only 48% for companies had been paying workers the minimum wage and claimed this was "the highest level of non-compliance identified in this sector in the last five years".

 

JMP Solicitors act on behalf of employees in the recovery of lost earnings as a result of underpayment in accordance with the national minimum wage.

 

Call either National Financial Claims Centre in Warrington on 08456 801 895 or JMP Solicitors' Grantham office on 01476 565 295.

National Minimum Wage Increase

The UK National Minimum Wage increased on 1st October 2013 to:

 

21+ : £6.31 per hour

18-20yrs : £5.03 per hour

Under 18yrs : £3.72 per hour

Apprentice : £2.68 per hour 

 

 

If you are on the national minimum wage then your employer should have increased your salary in accordance with the above pay scales on 1st October 2013 in accordance with the law.

Only self-employed, volunteers, voluntary workers and company directors are not entitled to the national minimum wage, however further exemptions apply to students doing work as part of a course, workers on certain training schemes, residents of certain religious communities, prisoners, the armed forces and share fishermen.

If your employer fails to increase your wage in accordance with the rate approved by the Low Pay commission then you should contact JMP Solicitors to discuss your situation.

Our employment law specialist solicitors will be delighted to help you receive the correct scale of pay and recover any overdue payment owed to you.