Charity calls for widespread minimum wage exemption

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 6 September 2007

Youth volunteering charity v has called for a blanket exemption from minimum wage legislation for all voluntary workers who receive benefits in return for their services.

The organisation made the suggestion in response to the Government’s consultation on the way the legislation applies to voluntary workers, which ended this week. As the law stands, voluntary workers who receive anything beyond daily expenses – such as allowances for living costs or training that does not relate directly...