Commuting time spent on public transport or battling through road traffic should be included in the official working day, an Aussie union boss claims. What are your thoughts?
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So If I choose to live in beautiful country two hour's travel from my job, my employer pays? Once upon a time people moved to the job (which, in fact, I have almost done). Modern cars and roads make this an option - but one whose cost is not, in my opinion, one for the employer to bear.
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Singwell, I haven't heard from you in forever and so I purposely tracked down a question of yours I could answer... I totally agree while disagree at the same time. In part you should take that into account when applyin for a job. How far away is it and is it worth to commute that far to work there. Maybe your boss will pay you more to make it worth your while. So while I agree I feel it is mostly the employees job to make due.
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Sounds like a good idea. My girlfriend and I have discussed that fact that 12 hours of your day is used up for a job that pays for 8 hours. You spend your own time getting up and ready for work, commuting, getting home. Then they have the nerve to want you to clock in after you put your uniform on, or to be at your desk and have your computer and everything ready by starting time (and you are not paid for that time getting all that set up.)
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I disagree completely! Unless ofc the job is a taxi driver or company rep who needs to get from A to B to represent the company. Travelling from home to work should NOT be part of the official working day.
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It makes sense to me.We use up our own time to get to work and home and get paid nothing for it.A contractor or repairman charges their customer the time it takes to get to the jobsite and back,and the employee should have the right to include it in their pay.When I worked in the film industry they would pay us driving time to get to work for it is in the union contract .
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I disagree. (I'm in the US, BTW.) If this were the case, many people would only be at work four hours a day. It would also promote living further away, so you only had to sit on your a-- and get paid for it (commuting or driving). If you're talking about PAY, even then, no. Things are expensive enough as it is, and you KNOW the extra cost would be passed along to the consumers. "Perks", salaries and/or hourly pay probably already take this into account. And MOST businesses want people who can be at work within 1/2 to 1 hour, in case there's an emergency. And, there ARE some companies that will pay for mileage (only... not hours, and not for sitting... It's to help cover vehicle maintenance) for commuting, if you're lucky enough to find them. Now salesmen and others who have to use their own cars while "on the job" DO get mileage, and should.
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actually yes it should be!... how many people sit on trains and buses with their laptops open and are doing work for their bosses?...heaps and heaps and its everyday to and from work ...so why shouldn't they get payed for doing it ....this wouldn't be to hard to check up on and the only reason the bosses are whinging over this is because they would have to pay for something that they are getting for nothing now ...remember work starts when you bundy on and finishes when you bundy off.... but seems our American ABers think its ok to do work for nothing
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Sounds great, if it doesn't run the company outta business. And if a public concern, I'm pretty sure the stockholders would frown on that!
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here, in our city, for the people who live on the north shore, as I do, it could add up to 2 1/2 hours each day to the work day, that wouldnt last long for any business!!
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You get paid based on time of productivity not time spent be obligated, If you are being work productive on the train then you should be compensated, but if you are you are then your probably salary and it makes no difference. I had a job were I would skip (work though) my 45 min lunch break and instead leave 30 min early. I got sacked for ducking out early even though I gave 15 min a day (1.25 hr a week) for free. If I got transport time I would live in New York and commute to L.A. Get half way there then go back home!!!
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At first blush, it sounds like a great idea, but.... Thinking it over, how would you prevent cheating? and... The employer would then rightfully have a say on where the employees live. He could insist they live within 15 miles of the shop, couldn't he?
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