is my employer in the wrong?

Southend1

si1306 wrote: »

Its the leisure industry we have an employee representative but he was voted in by himself and just so happens to be golfing buddys with two manager's lol. Slso doesn't answer the phone

An employee representative is not the same as a union rep.

Go here: http://www.worksmart.org.uk/unionfinder/

Find the most appropriate union and join tomorrow. They can advise you on issues like this and offer many other benefits to members.

princessdon

I take it your much subs is under HMRC guidance?

The car thing is normal, apart from the DD - you can refuse a car and use your own or a pool car for example.

si1306

princessdon wrote: »

I take it your much subs is under HMRC guidance?

The car thing is normal, apart from the DD - you can refuse a car and use your own or a pool car for example.

Have no clue on the lunch subsidy it completely baffles me we dont get money for lunch it just goes on our wage slip

Southend1

si1306 wrote: »

Have no clue on the lunch subsidy it completely baffles me we dont get money for lunch it just goes on our wage slip

Do you work away from base? If so it could be that they are including a subsistence allowance which helps them save tax somehow.

si1306

Southend1 wrote: »

Do you work away from base? If so it could be that they are including a subsistence allowance which helps them save tax somehow.

YEs I rarely go to the office always out to site straigjt from home then home after, not been to base offices this year

ValHaller

si1306 wrote: »

Do have another car but the company badgered me at the beginning to use vehicle privately

Then quite straightforward, I think, either they sort out the DD to something more suitable or you cease private use.

si1306

ValHaller wrote: »

Then quite straightforward, I think, either they sort out the DD to something more suitable or you cease private use.

Yes that is an option but as I said when I first started they said it looks better to have around fifty miles private as I was new I liked to comply as you can undertake

zzzLazyDaisy

If they have taken too much money from your bank by direct debit, you simply need to inform your bank that [identify which] DD was unauthorised and you wish to reclaim under the DD guarantee. The bank will refund your account and take it up with your employer.

ILW

princessdon wrote: »

I take it your much subs is under HMRC guidance?

The car thing is normal, apart from the DD - you can refuse a car and use your own or a pool car for example.

Not if it part of your contract to use the company car. There will be some private mileage travelling to and from work.

saintjammyswine

With regards to the lunch subsidy it may be similar to a company I used to work for where I was field(home) based but the factory staff at the head office had a negotiated subsidised canteen. As field staff were unable to take advantage of this (being all over the country) we were given a lunch subsidy allowance per day unless we were at head office for a meeting for example and could use the canteen. Can't remember how much it was, somewhere around £0.90 per day I think but this was about 10 years ago.