A UK judge has ruled that carers who sleep-in on their night shifts are not eligible for the minimum wage.

This will come as a blow, not only to carers, but to many who work night shifts and rely on their job to get a decent night's kip.

Leader of the National Association of Post-Dayshift (NAP) workers, Bill "Battler" Heslop told FNN:

Everybody knows that the only reason people are prepared to work on night shifts is to get some quality sleep and get paid a premium for being around in case anything happens. That f**kin judge has obviously never worked the night shift.

When I worked in the Post Office on nights in the 1970's, we had camp beds in the bag-room in the basement so night-shift workers could grab some well-earned kip during the night at the sorting office. Just talking about it is making me sleepy.

Hey Muriel! Fetch me a tinny, I'm parched.