Legally Bear Gareth Horrocks

Exploring two cases concerning statutory exemptions which deny domestic workers the National Minimum Wage.

Puthenveettil v Alexander & George, & Others 2361118/2013

Which examines whether the “family worker exemption” is lawful.

Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson- Blake & Shannon v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0160-judgment.pdf

Which examines whether care workers should be entitled to the NMW throughout a sleep-in shift.



For more information:

On the “family worker exemption”

https://uklabourlawblog.com/2021/03/01/a-crucial-and-long-needed-step-against-the-devaluation-of-domestic-work-family-worker-exemption-dis-applied-in-puthenveettil-v-alexander-ors-by-natalie-sedecca/

https://www.cloisters.com/domestic-workers-rights-and-the-equality-act-tribunal-finds-au-pair-exemption-unlawful-in-minimum-wage-claim-by-migrant-domestic-worker/

On the Sleep-in provision:

https://youtu.be/nVy-VMZj5Do

Does the Government’s coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme discriminate against new mothers?

R (The Motherhood Plan) v HM Treasury [2021] EWHC 309 (Admin)

The full judgment-
https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Final-Judgment-Motherhood-Plan-and-Chamberlain-v-HMT-and-HMRC-.pdf

More detail on the implications of Motherhood for Automated Decision Making in Government and Discrimination cases- https://www.cloisters.com/just-because-it-is-quicker-to-use-a-machine-is-it-consistent-with-the-principle-of-non-discrimination/

A Local Authority v C & Ors [2021] EWCOP 25

Judgment is here- https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2021/25.html

For more detail see:

Kings Chambers webinar on the implications for statutory bodies and deputies- https://youtu.be/VooPC3HkL6A

Case summary from Levins Solicitors- https://www.levinslaw.co.uk/a-right-to-sex/