The current minimum wage for adult social care workers in £10.90, having been increased from £10.50 in April.
Humza Yousaf has promised that the Scottish Government will make the minimum wage for social care and childcare workers £12-an-hour.The First Minister said that the wage increases were to help the sectors with recruitment and to allow workers to "support their families".
He told MSPs about childcare: "We know one of the biggest challenges the sector faces is recruitment. So I can confirm today we will provide funding so staff in the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector, who deliver funded early learning and childcare, are paid a minimum of £12 an hour from April of next year.
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