New Bill would ensure carers are paid national minimum wage for travelling time

The Labour MP Paula Barker today proposed a 10-minute rule bill which, if passed, would ensure carers are paid national minimum wage for travelling time.

Introducing her bill, Ms Barker said: “A pre-pandemic article published in January 2019 by the organisation Homecare, found that over half of home care workers are paid less than the national minimum wage because employers are not properly paying for travel time between visits”.