http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/24/section/14Employment Act 2008An Act to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful underpayment or non-payment; to make provision about the enforcement of minimum wages legislation and the application of the national minimum wage to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and voluntary workers; to make provision about the enforcement of offences under the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to make provision about the right of trade unions to expel or exclude members on the grounds of membership of a political party; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-14Expert Participation2026-04-07 14In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, in section 44 (voluntary workers), after subsection (1) there is inserted—1AFor the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above, expenses which—aare incurred in order to enable the worker to perform his duties,bare reasonably so incurred, andcare not accommodation expenses,are to be regarded as actually incurred in the performance of his duties.