Certain industries, perhaps most notably the care industry, rely on workers being on-call; sometimes even sleeping at work so that they’re on site and available to help if needed. The perennial question, for employment law purposes, is whether these workers are ‘working’ – and entitled to the rights that go with that (not least the National Minimum Wage) – for the entire time, and not just when they are awake and attending to duties.
Adrian Fryer qualified as a solicitor in 1997 following his degree in Law, and has specialised in employment law since then.
Adrian joined Bermans as a partner in 2013 and was appointed as head of employment in 2018.
He has a particular interest and experience in TUPE, collective consultation issues and trade union recognition.
Adrian acts for clients in a number of sectors, including social housing, financial services, manufacturing and leisure. His clients praise him for his “great professionalism“, “commerciality of approach” and “pragmatic advice“.
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