Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Ex-employee describes 'cut-throat' culture at firm that fines sick staff

Whistleblower says he quit Newcross Healthcare in disgust at its intense sales focus

Managers at one of the UK’s biggest providers of agency health workers are pressured into imposing £50 fines on employees who phone in sick as part of a “vicious” and “cut-throat” sales-driven culture, a whistleblower has claimed.

A Guardian investigation revealed how Newcross Healthcare, which made £21m in pre-tax profits in 2017, not only failed to give sick pay to carers or nurses but also issued punitive fines when unwell workers cancelled shifts without 24 hours’ notice.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2TkPeEB

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