A Landmark Ruling for Providers – Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad [2018] – workers are not working when asleep by contractual consent
The magnitude of the Court of Appeal judgment in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad [2018] EWCA Civ 164 should not be underestimated by health and social care providers. This appeal considered the issue of backdated “sleep in” liabilities and whether “sleep in” workers were entitled to the National Minimum Wage (‘NMW’) …
