Can my company do this!!!

MrRedundant

Seems more than reasonable. Quite clearly the staff have been taking the !!!! and leaving home at 8am and arriving home at 6pm thus taking their travel to and from work off the working day.

Their policy is entirely fair.

dseventy

I think its a cracking deal and quite reasonable!

D70

SandC

I agree that the rule of over 45 mins travelling time will be taken into consideration is generous, however 8am-6pm is a long basic day regardless and sounds like historically it has taken travel into consideration.

I can only agree with others that there must have been a lot of instances of people leaving home at 8am and arriving back by 6pm regardless of how close or far they are away.

What does your contract state is your working hours per week? That's a 10 hour day - if you've got a one hour lunchbreak unpaid it's still a 9 hour day and brings you up to 45 hours per week, which is high for standard hours.

lanesend

O well must just be me cannot seem to get it in to my head that I will be losing seven and a half hours pay now a week. Not money i can afford to say good bye too.

Thanks for your replies.

dseventy

lanesend wrote: »

O well must just be me cannot seem to get it in to my head that I will be losing seven and a half hours pay now a week. Not money i can afford to say good bye too.

Thanks for your replies.

Your not loosing any money.

You are being told that up to 45 mins of travel time is allowed before you "clock on".

D70

Any

It all seems very reasonable to me too - appart from one thing - 8am to 6pm? 10 hr day? I would not be surprised if these hours were that long percisely because they already counted the fact that you need to travel to the sites in the morning and evening.. Read your contract, carefully.

But they worded it very well and put a cap on what is unreasonable.. very smart and very acceptable. Now you have to reconsider whether your wage based on 50 hr week of actual "work" is still worth it.

Edit: cross posted with SandyC - that is the way I see it too Sandy.

lanesend

No we have to clock on when we leave home and clock off when we arrive home. That's my problem. When i took on the job it was explained that as I worked from home travel time was paid from when you have until you return home.. My contract states hours 0800-1800 minus 40 mins for breaks. 2 x 10 mins and 1 x 30mins.

lanesend

From my contract:

1. CONTRACT & PROBATIONARY PERIOD

a). This contract of employment commenced on the above date. Your performance will be assessed by your Manager during the first three months. If your work is found to be satisfactory your position will be confirmed; if not satisfactory your employment may be terminated at any time during or at the end of the probationary period on a week’s notice, or your probationary period extended.

2. HOURS OF WORK

a). You will normally work between 8.00 am – 6.00pm, Monday-Friday. You are able to take 40 mins unpaid lunch break daily. These hours may vary slightly to fulfil the operational requirements of the company. In particular, there may be a requirement to work in the evening or at weekends.

b). The Company reserves the right to change your hours of work by giving not less than 12 weeks notice

getmore4less

I think these sort of contractual term are total unreasonable.

If a job has travel as part of the job it should be paid from the base of opperation be that a place of work or the home.

The use of the home as a base is for the benifit of the company ususaly so they can have people regional without needing loads of depos to store the company vehicles and materials.

Start charging them for parking the company vehicle on your premisis.

Also make sure you visit the closest place you can at the start and end of the days splitting the job if necessary.

Oldernotwiser

lanesend wrote: »

From my contract:

1. CONTRACT & PROBATIONARY PERIOD

a). This contract of employment commenced on the above date. Your performance will be assessed by your Manager during the first three months. If your work is found to be satisfactory your position will be confirmed; if not satisfactory your employment may be terminated at any time during or at the end of the probationary period on a week’s notice, or your probationary period extended.

2. HOURS OF WORK

a). You will normally work between 8.00 am – 6.00pm, Monday-Friday. You are able to take 40 mins unpaid lunch break daily. These hours may vary slightly to fulfil the operational requirements of the company. In particular, there may be a requirement to work in the evening or at weekends.

b). The Company reserves the right to change your hours of work by giving not less than 12 weeks notice

The crucial word here is "work"; travelling to the site isn't work, nether are your working hours being changed.

I think that you've been lucky to get paid for travelling time in the past but it's not in your contract.