Notice Periods

Pross
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edited April 2015 in The bottom bracket
Is there any limit on what work an employer can make an employee do (providing it's legal!) within their notice period?

If (for example purposes only) someone was about to hand in their 6 months notice could they be made to turn up and do the filing, make tea or other menial tasks rather than what they are employed to do in order to be vindictive?