Five Supreme Court justices were asked to rule whether these "sleep-in" shifts should be paid the minimum wage. Care England added paying minimum wage for sleep-ins would have cost the sector £200million a year into the future. Ms Tomlinson-Blake then appealed to the Supreme Court, the highest legal authority in the UK. He claimed if he had been paid minimum wage for all the time he slept on call, he could have been paid almost £240,000 extra. Instead, a No10 spokesman issued general platitudes, saying: “We are aware of the judgment from the Supreme Court.

Source: Daily Mirror March 19, 2021 09:52 UTC