The answer may be yes, if you are a peripatetic worker.
Following our
recent update, the European Court of Justice has confirmed that
the time peripatetic workers spend travelling from their home to
their first client, between clients and back to their home from
their final client, should be considered working time for the
purposes of the Working Time Directive, because travelling is an
integral part of the work of such 'peripatetic workers',
meaning that it should be regarded as forming a necessary part of
the workers' activities. Therefore in turn, this will have
implications for pay, including the National Minimum Wage as
well as working time legislation.
The case of Federacion de Servicios Privados del sindicato
Comisiones Obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated
Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA concerned two security
system installation and maintenance companies. The technicians
employed by the companies install and maintain security
