If an employee is a mobile employee, travelling to different places of work in the UK, can the contract provide that they will not be paid for their travel time (even though it is working time), provided that they earn at least the National Minimum Wage, or does the employer have to pay them their normal hourly rate for travel time?

Employers generally agree the basic rate and frequency at which they will pay their employees. Any details agreed at the start of employment must be recorded in the written statement of particulars, as should any changes subsequently agreed (see ‘Written statement of employment particulars’, below). While the contract provides the starting point for determining the employer’s obligations in this area, this will be subject to a number of significant statutory rights that govern a worker’s pay, such as the right to receive the national minimum wage (see, ‘National minimum wage (NMW)’, below).

A worker also has the right to receive a written, itemised pay statement each time they are paid (see, ‘Pay statements’, below).

For further information, see:

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   Overview: Pay—overview