Induction - paid or not?

cr1mson

Had to attend 3 hour induction (reading and signing documents including contract, watching dvds etc) for job. Should I expect to get paid?

Thanks.

C

scheming_gypsy

yes or no depending on the employer. Most inductions i've had to sit through have been on my first working day so i've been paid for them,

Jarndyce

cr1mson wrote: »

Had to attend 3 hour induction (reading and signing documents including contract, watching dvds etc) for job. Should I expect to get paid?

Thanks.

C

Yes - if you were required to attend and unless there was an express agreement that you attend on an unpaid basis. Even then the NMW still applies as an average over the course of your pay period.

Sambucus_Nigra

Why would you not get paid; it's a work thing so you should be paid for attending.

globalds

It should be paid.

cr1mson

Thanks all. The contract says I started working for them as of date of induction and never thought I wouldn't until friend said she didn't for hers!

C

planning303

firms can get away with not paying for parts of an induction if they are claiming that it's part of the interview process.

Did the 3 hour induction occur on the same day that you were offered the job?

cr1mson

liggins wrote: »

firms can get away with not paying for parts of an induction if they are claiming that it's part of the interview process.

Did the 3 hour induction occur on the same day that you were offered the job?

No separate and contract signed at induction had date of induction as start date of employment.

C

Sambucus_Nigra

So, have you actually asked your employer whether you will be paid, or have you not been paid?