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Employers attitude as to mileage allowance.

Pitbull01UK
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My son lives 25 miles away from his companies office. His work involves teaching Health and Safety. He works at the office some of the time training but also has to travel to teach various courses. This can involve quite long distances mostly traveling directly from his home. His employer pays him 45p per mile when he has to travel on behalf of the company. My son does not claim mileage when he travels to and from the office on a normal daily basis. The problem now is that his employer has suddenly informed him that his mileage claims will be reduced by 50 miles per trip when he is away training because this would be his normal travel distance into the office. It has to be noted that it is known that the employer claims the total mileage allowance from the client that my son would be going to.
This does not seem right to me. Can anybody please clarify as this is blowing up into an almighty row with his boss and my son like all of us cannot afford to lose his job.
Look forward to some help or advice please.
This does not seem right to me. Can anybody please clarify as this is blowing up into an almighty row with his boss and my son like all of us cannot afford to lose his job.
Look forward to some help or advice please.
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I have always taken mileage as being from home.
I once quit a job because my boss refused to pay me mileage.0 -
If he is travelling from home to client he should be able to claim the full mileage, his boss is a tool, if it doesn't look like it can be resolved I would keep his head down and start looking for something else.0
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When I claimed mileage at a previous job the mileage was calculated from the office, rather than from my home address. Sometimes it worked in my favour and sometimes not.
I am assuming there is no 'right way' to do it, but it seems unfair to suddenly change the process.0 -
What is his official place of work, if it is the office then they are correct in subtracting the home to office mileage from the total claim, otherwise he could be taxed on the excess. The fact that they claim the full distance from the client is not his concern. This is pretty normal practice.Life is too short to drink bad wine!0
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In answer to BobL, his official place of work is wherever the training is needed therefore I would of thought that his mileage for work other than his office should ALL be claimable.0
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Pitbull01UK wrote: »In answer to BobL, his official place of work is wherever the training is needed therefore I would of thought that his mileage for work other than his office should ALL be claimable.
You may need to check that! The contract should specify his "normal place of work" - travel from home to the normal place of work is commuting and can not be considered business mileage. If you are saying his contract says his normal place of work is where ever the training is needed, then it would all be commuting regardless of the distance.0 -
It's not that unusual for your regular commuting mileage (home to wherever your 'base' is) to be deducted from a mileage claim. I've had a few employers who did this. I've also had employers that paid whichever was lower of the actual mileage driven and what the journey would have been if you went from the office.Common sense?...There's nothing common about sense!0
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I would "move" very close to work.
Just happens he spends a lot of time elsewhere which is none of their business.0 -
Pitbull01UK wrote: »My son lives 25 miles away from his companies office. His work involves teaching Health and Safety. He works at the office some of the time training but also has to travel to teach various courses. This can involve quite long distances mostly traveling directly from his home. His employer pays him 45p per mile when he has to travel on behalf of the company. My son does not claim mileage when he travels to and from the office on a normal daily basis. The problem now is that his employer has suddenly informed him that his mileage claims will be reduced by 50 miles per trip when he is away training because this would be his normal travel distance into the office. It has to be noted that it is known that the employer claims the total mileage allowance from the client that my son would be going to.
This does not seem right to me. Can anybody please clarify as this is blowing up into an almighty row with his boss and my son like all of us cannot afford to lose his job.
Look forward to some help or advice please.
The employer can make up any rules he wants.
If this is a change to your son's terms of employment, or even a change to customary practice, then that would have to be mutually agreed in advance. Is your son in a union? If so, they will assist in resolving such a dispute. If not, perhaps he should join one.0 -
Pitbull01UK wrote: »In answer to BobL, his official place of work is wherever the training is needed therefore I would of thought that his mileage for work other than his office should ALL be claimable.
What does it say in your son's written statement of employment particulars about where he works? What does it say (if anything) with regards to reimbursement of travel expenses between home and place of work.0
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