Money Moral Dilemma: Should I give my employer the compensation for my delay?

TELLIT01

I suppose it depends on the actual wording of the reason for the payment. If it is stated as being a refund of ticket cost then it could reasonably be argued that it should go to the employer. If it is simply a compensation payment for delayed travel then I don't see how the employer could argue it should go to them.

theoretica

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Depends if the OP was paid for their delayed time or gets it back in lieu

If so its the employer money back IMO.

This. If it was work time you spent sitting around it is their money, if it is your time you lost then I don't think it is.

Takeaway_Addict

TELLIT01 wrote: »

I suppose it depends on the actual wording of the reason for the payment. If it is stated as being a refund of ticket cost then it could reasonably be argued that it should go to the employer. If it is simply a compensation payment for delayed travel then I don't see how the employer could argue it should go to them.

Because if they are still paying the OP during the delay they are the ones suffering due to the delay.

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Undervalued wrote: »

I don't agree in this case.

It is the person who has been delayed. The company paid for the journey which still happened. A student (for example) not earning anything could still claim compensation for the delay.

If they were late for work as a result, but still got paid in full and were not expected to make up the time, then there is an argument that it should go to the employer.

However, in this case the company has not lost anything but the OP has lost some of his free time.

Hmmm, many moons ago as a hotel worker attenting a conference in Birmingham, when very late home at end of course there was no let up for any potential lateness as a result next day - that was from the employer purchasing the tickets

I also know of someone who used discounts provided to a boss of a company who could have been disapplined when these failed to reach them. (They probably got away with it on time served...and should have been way older to know better)

Thief is thief in my book, however you want to dress it up. But then this forum does go on kind of go on 'supposed entitlement' 'if the face fits' all the way, so what should one really expect.

Mojisola

MSE_Nick wrote: »

While away working recently I was delayed for more than an hour on the train, for which the compensation was a whopping £50. I feel that because it was me that suffered and was late home that evening I should keep the cash, but as my company paid for the ticket should I give it to them?

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Because if they are still paying the OP during the delay they are the ones suffering due to the delay.

Does anyone get paid for their journey time home from work?

theoretica

Mojisola wrote: »

Does anyone get paid for their journey time home from work?

If it is the sort of journey where the company has bought the ticket then usually yes for me.

tberry6686

Mojisola wrote: »

Does anyone get paid for their journey time home from work?

If I am out of the office on a job then I get paid door to door.

Floss

Mojisola wrote: »

Does anyone get paid for their journey time home from work?

Depends whether you are home-based and on the specifics of the WTD.

Sharon87

Simple. Keep it, it was your time that was lost. It's like going abroad for work and earning air miles, or booking tickets through cash back sites and earning nectar point for work shopping. Something the employer doesn't think of doing and have no systems in place to do so. If my colleagues were delayed after I book them a train ticket, if they decide to try and get compensation then that's fine, it's their time used up in applying for it!

Same goes for flight delays

TBagpuss

If you were delayed in your own time, keep it. If you were delayed during working hours so it was your employer's time that was wasted, then give it them.

However, either way it may be sensible to check with your employer / employee handbook.