Kate Bell

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"you are 100% on top form all the time, because if Something Happens , you're responsible. "

Victoria Bell at the beginning of a night "sleep-in" shift, caring for two disabled persons in A House in Doncaster.

A long struggle to care work pay, the Supreme Court will reach on Wednesday.

Victoria , 23, is very clear, The Work you do, should be better valued and better paid.

gets the minimum wage for the nights she sleeps in - But many of the workers on similar shifts are paid a much lower fee.

"people say, 'Oh, you sleep at work?'

"you sleep, sometimes, But you're always at work. It's not like you can get up and go to somewhere else to go. "

it shows the staff-bedroom - Small , with smooth walls, a single bed and cabinets.

"We have a phone in case there is an emergency and the service user, the bedrooms are right Next Door . "

There will be memories in your room and as soon as you go offline ", you're awake for you," she says. to pay Back

the unions argue that all care staff receive, should the minimum wage for night shifts, even when you are asleep.

One of the two cases will be considered by the Supreme court against Mencap, the learning disability charity.

thousands of employees will be affected, and organisations, supply fear, if you lose, you could be held liable for millions of pounds in pay back, you say, you can't afford.

Philip Bartey, leads to autism Plus, Victoria ' s employer, says his bill alone was £2. 5m

"not The resources are there," he says.

Mr Bartey says The Squeeze is not paid on the basis of the councils and the NHS-care-companies the minimum wage for the provision of sleep-in home care for elderly or disabled people who might need help.

Victoria Bell, 23, with Emma, one of the people she helps care

Unison, the action brought in the name of a Mencap care worker paid less than £30 for The Work , a shift from 22:00 to 07:00 PM.

she was expected to keep an "open ear", if it could sleep to the people who support you there, in need of help, otherwise, you.

About 16 months, she was called six times in the night, will not receive any extra money for The First few hours-she was disturbed, though, that she's been paid to the day-time rate.

The Supreme court decided, even if she was asleep, she was entitled to the minimum wage for The Shift .

This, however, was expected in the court of appeal and now the Supreme Court is to settle The Matter once and for all.

'Chronically underfunded'

Mencap says it now provides for an employee paid the minimum wage for sleep-in shifts.

"We would be a lot of says are willing to pay our hard-working colleagues," the next love.

But it is the defense of the case, it says, like, if the Court of Appeal judgment is repealed, tax officials expect to pay for it and other health care providers to pay care staff, past and present, of Six Years , which "would run in the hundreds of millions".

Mencap says such a bill could care for, which says they deliver, and wants to enter the government," the next love.

"Social care is chronically under-funded and many providers warn that this tip could get you into bankruptcy.

"is owed If you pay back, we believe that the government should pay it. "

the Tuc 's head of employment says employment rights Kate Bell , "the governments for a long time have spoken, the sort of the social care crisis.

"this is The Point where you really have to step in and help.

"We can do that. just not in The Situation where we say, either low-paid workers are not paid, or people do not get the vital care you need This is not durable. "

A spokeswoman said the government would pay "attention" to the outcome of the case.

she added: "the workers in the industry is likely to be relatively rewarded for what they do, and we encourage employers to pay More Than the minimum wage, if possible; we hope that more of the care sector to consider the employer to do this. "

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Source of news: bbc.com