Disability care workers are facing pay shortfalls after publicly funded disability service providers failed to apply the latest national minimum wage increases to sleepover shifts. Trade union SIPTU has condemned the situation, which has left some workers more than € 600 short in earnings for 2024. Sleepover shifts require workers to remain on-site overnight to provide essential care if needed. A 2014 Labour Court ruling established that these shifts constitute working time and must be paid at least the national minimum wage. While the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides funding to voluntary disability providers to comply with this ruling, several providers have not applied the 2024 and 2025 wage increases, claiming that the necessary funding has not been allocated.
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