Payment for travel time for individuals on zero hours contracts The information gathering exercise also received representations on the use of zero hours contracts in the care sector, particularly around the non-payment of travel time. The Government is examining ways to tackle any abuse of these rules through strengthened enforcement of existing National Minimum Wage regulations, which will include responding to concerns over the payment of travel time. The minimum wage rules generally require that time spent travelling between care assignments counts as time worked for minimum wage purposes. The minimum wage should therefore be paid for this time. However, any rest breaks taken in travelling between one assignment and another does not count as time worked. The time spent travelling between home and the first assignment and between the last assignment and home does not count as time worked for minimum wage purposes (unless the contract specifies that these periods are working time).
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:04:50 +0000
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