Festival catering - minimum wage question

[WhiskyBar]

Hi all,

I am considering running a catering stall at festivals and I have a query about paying casual staff.

My understanding of minimum wage rules is that all staff must be paid the minimum wage. However, I have worked for caterers at several festivals in the past and many employ staff on the basis that they get a free ticket to the festival and perhaps a food allowance in exchange for working, but is this legal? Or should staff actually be paid for hours worked?

 

[Toby Willows]

That’d ’s be bartering so as long as everyone is happy I wouldn’t imagine it’s a problem.

 

[g]

...they get a free ticket to the festival and perhaps a food allowance in exchange for working, but is this legal? Or should staff actually be paid for hours worked?

Benefits in kind do not count towards minimum wage pay, even if they have a monetary value.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...nmw-nlw-calculating-minimum-wage-guidance.pdf