Rest home's way around equal paySCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Aberleigh Rest Home, in Blenheim, sent a letter to staff last month announcing its restructure plans. Plans to restructure jobs at a Blenheim rest home months after a historic equal pay settlement has care workers "angry and upset". "We certainly don't condone rest homes downgrading roles to avoid obligations under the equal pay settlement. "We finally got the equal pay settlement and then this, soon we might actually earn less. Wallace said the association was in contact with district health boards to make sure rest homes were getting support.

Source: Stuff September 26, 2017 01:44 UTC