Taxis for Staff..

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Guys i have a question.

My girlfriend works in a bar/restaurant. They want her to work until 2am tonight, fair enough... however she only has her bus fare and she doesnt earn a great deal

My car is off the road at the min so i cant pick her up either.

She told them they would need to pay for a taxi for her.. this costs about 10 quid and they told her that they wouldnt.

Is there a legal requirement for an employer to pay for transport when there is no alternative?

Thanks
 
At that point I'd say no to working. We all work to earn money. If she's not earning for extra hours why should she bother?
 
Yeah ive told her to look for another job because they sound like right arses to be honest.

Surely 10 quid when she is doing them a favour isnt a big ask.

some places just dont value staff at all
 
I have never heard of this being a legal requirement. My guess is that it would have to specifically be mentioned in her contract of employment for you to have a case.

If they want her to work at short notice you would think that they would agree to help her out.

Rgds
 
A mate works at a club part time whilst at Uni, he needs to get taxi's home most of the time, paying for them himself - so it's like most places, their not required to give you it.
 
She should refuse to work it if they're not going to help her out? Nobody who works there prepared to drop her off on their way home?
 
Working front of house duties has taught me that the only people who get taxis on the company account are the execs and people from other countries who have come over to oversee a new project.
 
bloody mental really, it means you are working your last two hours for free basically.

if it turns out to be every weekend it will be 30 quid a week out of wages. big dint in her pocket.
 
I'd say it looks more like the employer is out of luck. If they aren't willing to budge they get told to do one. If I'm doing a favour I don't expect to have to pay for the privilege.
 
They have a duty of care to their employees, whether that extends to ensure safe passage home is open to debate. I would say they have a moral obligation at the very least especially under the new Corporate Manslaughter Regulations.

Two extracts of note:
What are the main provisions of the bill?

The proposed test under the bill is that an organisation will be guilty of the offence of corporate manslaughter if the way in which any of its activities are managed or organised by its senior managers causes a person's death through a gross breach of a duty of care.
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What can companies do to protect themselves?

Companies and their employees must do everything reasonably practicable to ensure the health, safety and welfare of everyone affected by their activities. In particular, appropriate safety management systems should be set up and followed, with adequate training, supervision, monitoring and auditing.
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'Everything reasonably practicable to ensure the health, safety and welfare of everyone affected by their activities.' Fairly plain to me, is a young woman safe on the streets of the UK after 2am? I doubt it. Is the employer responsible for her being there? In this case, absolutely.
 
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At uni, I am fairly sure all union bars and club staff had lifts to drop them home when they worked past midnight.

It would be the sensible and safe thing to do for them to pay £10 for her fare.
 
Work the last 2 hours just to pay for the taxi home?

I don't think so!!!

I used to lay transport on for my staff if they stayed anytime past midnight.

Sounds like the boss needs to go back on a man management course.
 
Well i texted her what was said in this thread and she told her boss, he seems to have backed down once she said surely the safety of staff is important etc.

so he told her to get the money out the till for the taxi.

I told her to get someone to witness it and get a reciept etc from taxi because they would probably accuse her of taking too much or something i reckon
 
We used to provide taxis for all of our staff when they had to get home after midnight. Usually they would all get one taxi and we would give them the money back the next day when they gave us a receipt.
 
BloodyL said:
Working front of house duties has taught me that the only people who get taxis on the company account are the execs and people from other countries who have come over to oversee a new project.
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what a great forward thinking company you work for.....

if you're doing shift work there are times when the only fair options are taxi and/or private car

my place will arrange taxis when needed or give priority to parking slots to people on shifts - this means some senior project manager can rightly be told to **** off because XYZ from the service desk requires the space for his night shift.
 
I worked in a bar (chain) a few years ago, and they paid for taxis home. I drive, so didn't use it unless we had a lock in. The manager did try to keep costs down, so it was a case of sharing taxis, and I live further away than most of the other staff also so I think they were pleased that I did drive.

I have quite a different career to that now and the company I works for pays for a private car for anyone who works after 10pm.
 
I think it depends on the circumstances. If it's a one-off or something that the employer can't do without, then they should do their best to help her get home. If it's a change to her contract though, she shouldn't take it if she can't find her own way home outside reasonable hours.

At my last employer, we were given travel expenses or company taxis if we were forced to work at a different site, or if they needed overtime after buses had stopped. If the employee was the one asking for overtime though, it was up to them to make their way home. I think that's the most fair way of doing it.
 
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