This is essentially the principle that came out of the case of Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Limited. The Case In this case, Mrs Whittlestone was employed as a care worker. She was paid £6.35 per hour for all time that she spent providing care to a service user. She Read more…
Following on from the success of a previous popular blog on employer’s obligations to sleeping employees and whether it is permissible to pay a flat rate for sleep overs, this blog brings you the very latest on the issue. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has recently updated Read more…
Paying a flat rate for sleepovers in the care industry is common practice, but as two recent cases highlight, doing so could be unlawful. The National Minimum Wage (“NMW”) is not a new concept: it was introduced in 1999 by the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the supporting National Read more…