Feeling low and needing advice on reducing payments

lallyaya

Oh, and if they say they won't give you mileage (at the very least) then its simple - tell them you won't use your car. Its not just petrol your paying for, its wear and tear, insurance and depreciation.

lallyaya

Sorry and another thing - if you are expected to bring your car into work to use it for work and then have to pay for the privilidge you should be claiming the parking fees back for those days also.

d11wtq

Hehe... if I say that I want my petrol expenses I'm sure they'll pay them. they're not completely unreasonable though I do belive my boss said what he said because a) he can't be arsed with the paper work, b) he doesn't want the money to come out of the budget for the project

Parking is free generally in any case

I'll bring this up in the morning... oh... doh! Boss is off for a week for the school helf term Boss is always taking time off

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Check out the situation re usisng your car for work-related journeys with your union, pronto. Your boss sounds like he has it wrong. Bar work will pay hourly national minimum wage which is more than £4.60, you'll also get tips so that will beef your bar wages up.

lallyaya

Just start recording them from tomorrow, I think the claim form is on the Intranet under the HR section. You need to log what your start mileage was and the end mileage - they audit them because council employees can't be trusted. A few miles every day can add up to quite a wedge - you could easily make enough for one of your nights out! ;-)

d11wtq

Thanks guys I really appreciate your help

Do you know what I've just thought... My car insurance covers me for SDP only. That means that if I have a crash whilst I'm doing something for work I'm not covered right?? I'm going to argue this when i next see my boss because I see how silly it is now. I have two bosses... the least senior of them goes on most of these outing with me and he rides a motor bike so he hitches a lift in *my* car when we do go out. I'd never thought about these insurance issues before.... it's actually fairly serious come to think of it

Willsnarf1983

d11wtq wrote:

Yes and No. The job I quoted 700 for would consume most of my free time, I'd miss the deadline if I had another job. However, if I already had the bar job I would have set a longer deadline

Sorry bud but thats an excuse, 12 hours a week is nothing in the whole scale of things

Will

lallyaya

Yes, your car needs to be covered for business use as SDP only covers you for commuting to and from your fixed place of work. Its not just if you have a crash for business but if you have one at all and they find out your car was used for business then your whole insurance could be invalid.

I'd phone up and get a quote - it adds around £8 per month onto my insurance, then you can put that to your manager.

Err just had a thought, you might want to find out how much moving to Salford will increase your insurance also. I think its in a higher group than Didsbury....

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Gopd point about the car insurance. And it may mean that if you have an accident and the boss that hitches a life with you is injured he won't be able to claim anything on the insurance !

d11wtq

Thanking you

I'm sat at work now No boss all week though so I'll have to fend for myself for now

I called PayPlan, the girl took my details and said that somebody will call me back I'll keep you posted.