A company that provides labour to farms did not have to pay workers the national minimum wage while they were travelling to work, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled.

by | Jul 17, 2024

Judge Holly Stout said: “The workers while on the minibus were not working in any ordinary sense. They would have been free to talk, snooze, read and, if they had the necessary electronic devices, to listen to music, watch a film or spend their time applying for more agreeable employment. They were, in short, not working, but travelling for the purposes of the time work, which began on arrival at their destination and ceased when their poultry work was done and they awaited the minibus to take them home.”

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