Decisions means workers can only receive minimum wage when required to be awake for work
The supreme court has dismissed a claim by care workers who carry out “sleep-in” shifts that they should be paid the national minimum wage for hours when they are not awake and actively helping the client.
The decision ends a four-year legal battle involving two care workers and the learning disability charity Mencap that threatened to leave many care providers with a potential £400m back-pay bill and jeopardise the care of vulnerable people.
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