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Government regulation: minimum wage and the homecare industry

Penny Brooks

30th March 2015

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It is a sad fact that many of us will need to call on the assistance of Homecare workers at some time, to help us to provide care for sick or elderly relatives who are living at home rather than in hospital or nursing homes. This is a market which can only grow, as the demographics of our population shift and we live longer.

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Penny Brooks

Formerly Head of Business and Economics and now Economics teacher, Business and Economics blogger and presenter for Tutor2u, and private tutor

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