Being forced to work hours back - snow

euronorris

aj2703 wrote: »

So by your reckoning i should never work off the Isle of Wight because of the travelling distance to the mainland. That's great i'll ponce off the social for the rest of my life as there is zero work over here....:rolleyes:

Exactly. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to work close to home. It's not always about getting more money, sometimes it's just that there are no other jobs closer to home.

Plus, everyone has a minimum amount that they can accept in order to meet their financial responsibilities. Sometimes, this involves working further away from home.

MarzipanFish

Should people who get sent home early against their will have to make up time?

What about if they're phoned up before work and told not to come in to work, even though they're willing & able to get there?

Just wondered what people thought from a more impartial viewpoint than mine
OH is on a salary rather than hourly paid and got sent home today and has been told not to go tomorrow unless the snow's subsided a bit because people struggled/failed to get to work today. There's about 6 inches of snow and the buses are cancelled but we only live a short walk from his work.

Not sure yet what's happening with OH's work yet but i have to admit to thinking it's unfair if he's told to make up time/take it as holiday if he's told not to go in tomorrow.

Jem8472

I would think if the company tells you to go home or tells you not to come in then thats there choice so I would expect to get paid for it.

But if I did not go in I would expect to have to use a holiday day or lose the money

Fluffi

MarzipanFish wrote: »

Should people who get sent home early against their will have to make up time?

What about if they're phoned up before work and told not to come in to work, even though they're willing & able to get there?

Just wondered what people thought from a more impartial viewpoint than mine
OH is on a salary rather than hourly paid and got sent home today and has been told not to go tomorrow unless the snow's subsided a bit because people struggled/failed to get to work today. There's about 6 inches of snow and the buses are cancelled but we only live a short walk from his work.

Not sure yet what's happening with OH's work yet but i have to admit to thinking it's unfair if he's told to make up time/take it as holiday if he's told not to go in tomorrow.

If you are able to get to work but they send you home early/tell you not to come in then I think you should be paid. Legally speaking I don't know though.

onlyforboards_2

nzmegs wrote: »

These problems highlight the need for people to think about their respopnsibility to perhaps not work such far distances from their homes. All this driving and travelling to and fro is partially to blame for the extreme weather conditions in the first place. Why not work closer to your home, encourage working from home (if you are a employer) or use more sustainable means of transport. If you weren't all so reliant on cars then you wouldn't feel so lost without them.

Is the prospect of a few more thousand pounds per year really worth the hassle of extra travel time? I find it amazing anyone would work 20 miles from their home. Why choose that job? - or move closer if it is really that important.

One of these days things are going to change. we can't keep clogging up the roads and the air in this way. Driving should be viewed as a privilege not a right. Use it when you have to and try to be more senisble in your choices. No I am not a vegetarian hemp wearing weirdo. I just think things have gotten out of proportion. I just hope people can start to think more clearly about what is important.

Lol, There is hardly any work closer than 20 miles to where I live. :rolleyes:
You got the extra cash to support everyone at the job centre? Or pay the extra tens of thousands for people to relocate?

wildfrog

nzmegs wrote: »

No I am not a vegetarian hemp wearing weirdo. QUOTE]
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I like that phase.

viclspence

In our department we work flexi, so if we miss a day, regardless of why, we have to work the hours back. I have to break this to a girl in my office tomorrow who didn't come in because of the snow. The other girl in the office is self employed, so won't get paid for the day.

angeltreats

nzmegs wrote: »

These problems highlight the need for people to think about their respopnsibility to perhaps not work such far distances from their homes. All this driving and travelling to and fro is partially to blame for the extreme weather conditions in the first place. Why not work closer to your home, encourage working from home (if you are a employer) or use more sustainable means of transport. If you weren't all so reliant on cars then you wouldn't feel so lost without them.

Is the prospect of a few more thousand pounds per year really worth the hassle of extra travel time? I find it amazing anyone would work 20 miles from their home. Why choose that job? - or move closer if it is really that important.

One of these days things are going to change. we can't keep clogging up the roads and the air in this way. Driving should be viewed as a privilege not a right. Use it when you have to and try to be more senisble in your choices. No I am not a vegetarian hemp wearing weirdo. I just think things have gotten out of proportion. I just hope people can start to think more clearly about what is important.

This made me genuinely laugh out loud. I certainly didn't want to end up in a job 30 miles from home in horrible traffic that takes an hour each way. But there were absolutely no jobs closer to home - believe me, I registered with every single agency in the area and applied for everything I would have had a remote chance of getting, all with no luck. I was fortunate to find a job at all during a recession. And we can't move closer to my work because we can't afford to, at least not yet. Unless you want to donate a substantial sum to our moving house fund, I suggest you try and be less judgmental.

Edit: Meant to say that I've had one day so far that I couldn't make it in and looks like it'll be another one tomorrow. Absolutely no prospect of public transport because we live in the middle of nowhere. I came home about 4pm today and the roads were bad even then, saw one accident and both me and my husband (in separate cars) skidded in the same place but luckily recovered before anything bad happened. I fully expect to have to make up the hours but that's fair enough, and I'd much rather work through a couple of weeks of lunch breaks than lose two days' leave.

new_home_owner_3

Q. I couldn't get to work because of the snow. Can my boss dock my pay?
Very few jobs - except perhaps some of those in industries such as construction - have a clause written into their contract saying that if employees cannot get in to work because of weather they lose a day's pay.
Employees have statutory protection against an unauthorised deduction being made from their wages, so if the employer has no contractual right to deduct pay and if the employee does not consent, deducting pay would be potentially subject to legal challenge.
In any event, given the widespread disruption in many parts of the country and travel warnings not to make non-essential journeys, it is unlikely that many managers would take this step.



Now if it was me and its too dangerous for me to drive to work i will take the day off, if my employer doesnt pay me then fair enough, but when i put a failure to agree with my money being docked due to taking advice from profesional bodies such as the met office who are advising people not to make any unessecary journeys, im sure i will get my pay.


The problem is there are too many jobsworths, its okay going out in the snow what happens when your stuck in traffic all day risking life and limb, just for a days pay, my advice is look at what the met office is saying if they say make no journeys due to the weather condition then dont, if you can walk then fair enough.


Even the ambulance service have been told only go out on urgent life threatening calls, and then you have abunch of pr1cks on here saying they should make all the effort in the world to get in to work lol.......


Out of interest a lot of people who have posted on here has been in the day, are you all at home sat on your arxes, or have you all got jobs that you can sit in front of a computer screen putting the world to right doing jack all day????

brighthair

well I posted on here today, and yes I am at home sat on my bum, as I work for the ambulance service (as mentioned above) and due to my shifts have a day off :-)