Whether home workers who are required to remain at home in their shift and/or residential care workers who ‘sleep in’ are entitled to the national minimum wage for time that is not spent actually performing some specific activity.
Judges:
Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin
Citations:
[2021] UKSC 8
Links:
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from (CA) – Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake CA 13-Jul-2018
What hours does a sleep in care worker have to be paid for.
Held: Sleepers-in are to be characterised for the purpose of the Regulations as available for work, within the meaning of regulation 15 (1)/32, rather than actually working, within . .
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Employment
Updated: 12 October 2022; Ref: scu.660052