Thurrock Council is axing 10 social worker jobs and freezing recruitment as part of a £4m budget squeeze, according to local reports.
Meanwhile, more than 100 care staff won £1m in compensation from Excelcare after the Essex-based care provider sacked them and offered them new contracts with a 40% pay cut.
Excelcare claimed that it had to put in place new contracts for the staff, or close the homes, as the council had failed to give them the full running costs of the transfer. But Unison said the new contracts breached the Transfer of Undertakings regulations, which protect pay and conditions.
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