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Title: Employers and snow
Post by: ftp on February 03, 2009, 09:34:41 am

Do you still pay your employees even if this weather prevents work?

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 03, 2009, 09:39:02 am

Yes we have to  :(

Although I have to say one of our team has earned her keep this morning, she has walked 2 miles to the premises to open up the business for us. Now that's what I call diligence (I live 350 yards away and I haven't)

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: ftp on February 03, 2009, 09:42:50 am

 ;D bit different in your case Alex because you have a business that never stops. I was thinking more of windowcleaning only when it's impossible to work. Is the employer duty bound to pay a wage even when no-one is working?

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 03, 2009, 10:07:55 am

Depends on the terms of your specific contract. You could set the terms so that no wages are paid if weather stops play. Difficult one to police though as you would have to define exact levels of weather that would be included.

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: ftp on February 03, 2009, 10:21:45 am

That's what i was thinking. A month of snow and ice would damage a sole trader but an employer could be crippled if there was no income but still wages outgoing.

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: Glyn H on February 03, 2009, 10:23:37 am

More difficult if some members walk miles to work and others dont bother.

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: ftp on February 03, 2009, 10:27:42 am

I remember once riding a motorbike through the snow (a foot deep at least) to get to the print factory where i was an apprentice, the guys who lived only a mile away didn't turn up and got paid 'snow money'. I had risked life and limb to travel the ten miles from my isolated house for my rubbish money too.  >:(

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: Alex Gardiner on February 03, 2009, 10:35:34 am

Quote from: Glyn H on February 03, 2009, 10:23:37 am

More difficult if some members walk miles to work and others dont bother.

I think a bonus structure can help compensate those diligent ones  :)

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: windowwashers on February 03, 2009, 02:00:23 pm

I pay mine, they will just have t work harder for a few days  ;)

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: Tosh on February 03, 2009, 02:34:41 pm

Quote from: Alex Gardiner on February 03, 2009, 10:35:34 am

Quote from: Glyn H on February 03, 2009, 10:23:37 am

More difficult if some members walk miles to work and others dont bother.

I think a bonus structure can help compensate those diligent ones  :)

That can be a devisive tool in the work place and wouldn't foster an Esprit de Corps.

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: ronnie paton on February 03, 2009, 04:26:07 pm

you could ut in there contact that they are contarcted to min of 20 hours,  exlain why this is but they will get full time work

Title: Re: Employers and snow
Post by: dave0123 on February 03, 2009, 06:32:05 pm

I dont pay my lad if we get snowed or rained off for full day which doesnt happen much and allways give the option to earn it back on a saturday half day for full pay.

Or if we get rained/snowed off half way through the day usally just give full days wack.