A new Fintech app, WAC-Work and Money Management App, is aiming to make life easier for nurses and carers as they make their case for fair pay while caring for patients.
Leeds firm Work and Communications found that seven out of 10 nurses and care workers work more hours than they receive payment for due to rota changes, working beyond scheduled hours, and poor data reconciliation of actual hours worked.
The cost-free WAC App offers nurses, carers, and other workers who are subject to rotas a personal daily dashboard which helps them keep track of their work hours and pay as well as capturing overtime and any hourly rate changes, putting a stop to endless shift notes, payslip guessing and underpay as employers run their payrolls based on inaccurate information caused by changes in shift patterns.
Founder and CEO of Work and Communications, Georgina Fairhall, claimed that one carer using the app had told her: “With the WAC App I can keep track of my shift days, and my actual hours worked and calculate the money I have earned accurately. It’s an exceptional app and is so popular with those in the nursing and carer community.”
Fairhall added “With NHS pay in the spotlight, we are determined to play our part in ensuring that nurses and carers get every penny that is due to them. The App is free to use and particularly in today’s cost of living crisis every penny counts. It’s our objective that the overworked are no longer also the underpaid.”
Developed based on personal experience, the WAC App brings clear recording of hours worked and enables workers to check that they have received their full pay, giving financial security to hourly paid workers across the UK that tend to work extremely hard for low pay. It doesn’t just help with hours tracking though. The app is an all-inclusive solution helping shift workers manage their rotas, bills between paydays and more.
