Generally, a sleep-in is a night shift where you sleep at the workplace, so you are available to support people during the night. However, in March 2021 the Supreme Court settled the position and you can read more in our guide to ‘ Sleeping on the job’. The law relating to whether the NMW needs to be paid during ‘sleeping’ time whilst on-call and not working is complex and case law is changing constantly. However, the NMW gets complicated when you factor in ‘sleeping time’. The NMW must also be paid for all the time when you’re on standby or on-call time at your place of work.
This also applies to workers required to undertake training before starting work for an employer Training (or travelling to training) during your normal working hours, either at the workplace or somewhere else.Travelling on business during normal working hours – you should be paid for all travel time in connection with your job (not from your home to work) including travelling time from one assignment/client, waiting for public transport connections, waiting to collect goods or start a job and travelling from work to training (not travel from home to training), except if you’re on a rest break.At work when required to be working (even if work isn’t possible because for example, machinery breaks down, materials have not arrived, work isn’t available).The National Minimum wage must be paid for all the time when you’re: We’ve updated this guide to take into account new National Minimum Wage Regulations that came into force on 6th April 2015. There are different Minimum Wage rates for different age groups of workers – see our main NMW guide for full details. Anyone defined as a ‘ worker‘ (including employees and Agency Workers) is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW), regardless of whether they have a written contract or not.
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