Haringey council and the outsourced care company Sevacare are being taken to court by 17 homecare workers who claim that they are not receiving minimum wage. All of the employees are on zero-hour contracts to care for elderly or disabled residents. Unison, a trade union that represents the workers noted that a 2014 National Audit Office report suggested over 200,000 health care workers could be in similar situations. A Sevacare spokesperson said: “While we cannot comment on the ongoing tribunal, we have always paid our staff an average hourly rate that is at least the national minimum wage for any hours they have been contracted to work.”

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