Supreme Court rules that care sector workers not entitled to National Minimum Wage while sleeping
By Angela Strzyzewska, Senior Solicitor.
The Supreme Court ruled last week that carers who are required to sleep at their workplace in case they...
Managing your workforce in severe weather
By Amanda Deeley, Solicitor.
The memories of the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ that hit the UK in early 2018 are starting to re-surface...
Working Time: Sleeping at work
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the approach to be adopted when deciding whether employees who ‘sleep-in’ to carry out duties, if...
The ECJ judgment on Travel Time as Working Time
We posted an update in July this year regarding the Advocate General’s (AG) opinion in a European working time case that time spent travelling to and...
Travelling time is ‘working time’ for workers with no fixed place of work
The ECJ has confirmed, in a European working time case, that time spent travelling to and from home by workers with no fixed place of work is working time...
Travel Time as Working Time - Expert Comments
Employers whose employees are involved in similar work with no fixed place of work may wish to consider reviewing their rules on what constitutes working...
Travel Time as Working Time
The Working Time Regulations have been in the spotlight for some time now, mostly due to the recent spate of cases regarding the calculation of holiday pay.
