Snow Day Rights

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z1a

Never heard of it.

motorguy

z1a wrote: »

Never heard of it.

Thats because its a complete non story - you have no specific "Snow Day Rights".

If you cant make it in, your employer can dock you a days pay, they're not obliged to pay you OR let you take annual leave.

Ridiculous frankly, that its being given a name - it simply encourages people to not bother.

getmore4less

to be fare it is about your rights should a "snow day" happen,

Shame they got them wrong in the article.

eg.

If you can't get to work because of disruption your employer can ask to you take time off as holiday, but the Government says it has to give you notice of at least twice as long as it wants you to take off. So if it wants you to take a day as holiday you'd need two days' notice.

In some cases you may be entitled to even more notice - check your employment contract to be sure.

The contract can override the statutory notice to Zero to take holidays.

Smodlet

z1a wrote: »

Never heard of it.

Sure you have... In Canada.

System

Working in retail when it snows the day drags as people stay at home.

I remember the winter of 2010/11, they asked colleagues to go home a couple of hours unpaid early or not to come in for a day - unpaid

London50

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Working in retail when it snows the day drags as people stay at home.

I remember the winter of 2010/11, they asked colleagues to go home a couple of hours unpaid early or not to come in for a day - unpaid

I remember well the winter of 62/63 and for 4 days walking 8 miles to work and back again. That was what you call a winter in this country;)

nicechap

If you can't get to work because of disruption your employer can ask to you take time off as holiday, but the Government says it has to give you notice of at least twice as long as it wants you to take off. So if it wants you to take a day as holiday you'd need two days' notice.

In some cases you may be entitled to even more notice - check your employment contract to be sure.

I had to giggle at this. Imagine the conversation.

"you didn't come in yesterday because of the snow, do you want to take it as leave?"

"Moneysavingexpert says you've got to give me 2 days notice to to enforce leave!"

"we'll book you as unauthorised absence then without pay. See you at the managing attendance meeting."

jobbingmusician

Some geniune feedback. You are not allowed unpaid leave to look after your child (if, for example, their school is shut). You are allowed UL to arrange cover to look after your child. If their school is shut for more than a day, you are supposed to have used the first day to make such arrangements. It's exactly the same if your child is sick - we get frequent posts on this board from parents who fail to appreciate the difference between their right to take a day to arrange emergency care and their assumed but non-existent right to at home to look after their child for the period of sickness.

Robin9

London50 wrote: »

I remember well the winter of 62/63 and for 4 days walking 8 miles to work and back again. That was what you call a winter in this country;)

and the schools didn't close !

London50

Robin9 wrote: »

and the schools didn't close !

So true,our oldest son not only had school every day but also had cross country running every Thursday in just shorts,vest and plimsolls.
Kids and adults were tough in those days:)