Essential travel

Comms69

lisyloo said:

Stigy said:

You don't have to be a Ley worker to travel. You are allowed to travel for work if you can't work from home, which clearly, this is a case of.

Not it isn't. They aren't traveling FOR work.

They are, they are travelling as part of their job. 

Undervalued

lisyloo said:

Stigy said:

You don't have to be a Ley worker to travel. You are allowed to travel for work if you can't work from home, which clearly, this is a case of.

Not it isn't. They aren't traveling FOR work.

Both surely.
They would be travelling to one of the firm's places of work, at their employer's instruction, to perform a task which cannot be done from home. So if the employer insists the equipment cannot be sent by courier then the work "absolutely" cannot be done from home.

Realistically, unless their car were to break down it is extremely low risk.

General_Grant

lisyloo said:

Stigy said:

You don't have to be a Ley worker to travel. You are allowed to travel for work if you can't work from home, which clearly, this is a case of.

Not it isn't. They aren't traveling FOR work.

It's the work of getting their employer's equipment to them and almost certainly covered by "other duties as reasonably requested" in the JD.

Stigy

General_Grant said:

lisyloo said:

Stigy said:

You don't have to be a Ley worker to travel. You are allowed to travel for work if you can't work from home, which clearly, this is a case of.

Not it isn't. They aren't traveling FOR work.

It's the work of getting their employer's equipment to them and almost certainly covered by "other duties as reasonably requested" in the JD.

If the Government advice wasn't so wishy-washy, this would no doubt be clearer. However, I think it's pedantic to differentiate between travelling TO work and travelling FOR work. Ironically, your example indicted travelling FOR work, which could mean travelling for work related reasons.

Either way, it's not illegal and could easily be argued that it is essential travel.

KatrinaWaves

You're not going to be fined. The return of the equipment could allow someone else to stay home and work from home with your kit. Youre still employed by them and I assume getting paid. Just take the stuff back/.