It should have been a big victory for care workers. For years, those on overnight “sleep-in” shifts in the homes of disabled adults and older people have been paid a flat rate, typically between £25 and £40 a night. But in 2013, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that a care worker was entitled to the minimum wage for the time spent sleeping on a camp bed in a living room in order to be on hand to provide overnight support to young adults with Down’s syndrome should they need it.
Speak to a carer doing these shifts and you understand […]
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