According to carers from the Weymouth Manor Care Home on Radipole Lane, members of staff have not received payment from their work in May. The payment should have been received on Wednesday, June 5 but according to staff, up to 17 people had not been paid on time, or have been underpaid. Staff also claim there have been 11 redundancies and cuts to services.
However, the company's CEO said the business was in robust financial health. One member of staff said: “Many staff members have not been paid at all for their work. Others underpaid.
“I started at the care home last year working nights, and when the company stopped employing agency workers there were four members on night staff for more than 40 people. “There have been 11 redundancies and then this month, anyone that has handed in their notice, or was working through their notice have not been paid. "I was underpaid almost £700 from last month which is a large part of my pay.
They fobbed us off and said we will receive it next month because of a system change - but this is too much money to be relaxed about. “It has really left me scrambling. I can’t stop crying - I don’t know what to do and feel like a terrible mother to my two-year old child as I can’t pay my bills.
“They’ve blocked our emails and I’m scared I will never see the money.” The carer feels as though staff have 'been left in the dark'. She added: "I cannot afford to put food on the table without having to borrow money.
Now we are not be.
