PART 5Hours Worked for the Purposes of the National Minimum Wage

CHAPTER 3Time work

Time work where worker is available at or near a place of work32.

(1)

Time work includes hours when a worker is available, and required to be available, at or near a place of work for the purposes of working unless the worker is at home.

(2)

In paragraph (1), hours when a worker is “available” only includes hours when the worker is awake for the purposes of working, even if a worker by arrangement sleeps at or near a place of work and the employer provides suitable facilities for sleeping.