Scale of overtime revealed by union

By Mark Conrad | 24 July 2017

A third of social workers regularly work unpaid overtime in order to keep local authority services going, a new study by the GMB trade union has found.

Research released by the GMB today showed that other local government-related staff – including librarians and teaching assistants - also regularly work unpaid hours.

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