travel to head office

Doshwaster

ThemeOne wrote: »

I would definitely ask for overnight accommodation on your organisation's standard travel and subsistence.

When you have someone from another office stopping overnight it's always a good excuse for some team building. Arrange to go out for a meal with colleagues - and, of course, get the company to pay for it.

Takeaway_Addict

Mr.Generous wrote: »

It is an unreasonable request to get you to do a 3 hr+ drive, work a day then 3+ hrs back. Id leave home half an hour earlier than usual and see what time you get there. Traffic was terrible, I'm going to have to set off home at 3.30 as it took me 4 hrs to get here. Nobody would object, its far far too long for a commute.

Terrible advice as you do not know how the employer would react

FBaby

When I go to both of those locations I am expected to be onsite for my usual start time and finish at my usual time which obviously greatly extends my day.

Who told you that you were expected? Your manager? HR? Colleagues? Did they understand the distance involved in your case?

If the issue is that on that day, you have to be there for the whole 7/8 hours because you're on a course, or are party to activities that go on for that long, would miss out if arriving late/leaving early, could you negotiate with your manager that the following day (or so) you can do a shorter day at your normal office base?

Guest101

I know we get TOIL for travel outide contracted hours.

But that's a 'perk' of the job, not a legal requirement. To be honest i only take it if I want a late start the next day. I'd suggest speaking to your manager from a duty of care and wellbeing point of view

If you are valued, your manager might (or morally should IMO) make some concession.

Overnight expenses would probably be most appropriate.

Mersey_2

Doshwaster wrote: »

I've done a lot of business travel in my time both in the UK and internationally and a lot of that has to be done out of office hours. There is nothing to stop them sending you to Glasgow or further afield

Of course there is. It has to be agreed.


Place of work should really be stated in the contract - and in fact outlined at application stage or at the interview.


With firms with offices in several UK cities job locations are advertised along with the vacancy. Contracts will often state eg Solicitor, x dept (Manchester office), with occasional visits to other sites required - which is fine.



But it certainly wouldn't be deemed reasonable to ask an employee who accepted a job in eg the Birmingham office to regularly (fortnightly) be told to go to Bristol, London, Newcastle, Glasgow or Belfast, unless time/rest periods were allowed for.


The OP should certainly raise this, especially as he's the only one affected.


Fundamental terms of a contract can't be altered unilaterally - but changes can, of course, be agreed between the employer and employee.