Will I be paid if it snows and I cant go to work?

I get paid. Three times due to 'adverse weather'. :D

In theory we should report to the nearest delivery office, just to show we made the effort... Quite frankly, I thought to hell with a three mile round night trip on foot in the snow, just to show my face in some strange place. I still got paid!

Do I feel bad..? Well, what do you think!

Lopéz said:
And how is that your employer's fault? They are quite within their rights not to pay you.
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Goodwill, perhaps? Which, I admit, is in pretty short supply these days. They scratch his back, maybe he will scratch theirs in return one day.
 
soundb0y said:
My work not only doesn't pay us, but any time we miss due to snow will have to be made up.

I'm not very happy with this, means if I get snowed in for 3 days which could be likely, I somehow have to make up 22.5 hours!?
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Thats harsh. Where I work its 50/50 so if I miss a day due to bad weather I owe them half a day. Yet if I can get into work at all even really late I wouldnt owe them anything- so its kind of encouraging us to get into work no matter how risky/long it takes
 
I work for a few different places on a per hour basis. Some of them pay me if it snows, some don't. They are not obliged to, so it depends on the generosity of your employer.
 
soundb0y said:
My work not only doesn't pay us, but any time we miss due to snow will have to be made up.

I'm not very happy with this, means if I get snowed in for 3 days which could be likely, I somehow have to make up 22.5 hours!?
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if you're making the time up then you should be paid imo
 
Castiel said:
Only if the office closes due to the bad weather. If YOU cannot get to work but others do you are not entitled to be paid.

So basically you will be paid if the Boss closes the office/factory/shop etc, but not if you just can't walk down your drive.
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Indeed.
If work is closed, you get paid.
If work is open, you must be there to get paid.
 
Last year I was commuting by road from Fulham to Farnborough.

When it dumped I was forced to take a day off as I could not get my car out. I did on the second day and drove down there. My boss paid me, but then did not pay the three girls who decided they could not get in for 2 days, even though they all lived within a few miles of the office. :D

I am contracting now and am just hoping to god it does not snow as I cannot really afford the loss of pay.
 
depends on your contract and employers policies, I love the civil service! i got paid for 4 days last year and didnt lose any holiday thanks to the snow, hope it snows down here soon!
 
Lopéz said:
It's quite normal for employers not to pay staff if they cannot get in due to adverse weather, contractors or not.
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Yeah, my old employer (of 7 years) classed snowed-off days as being unpaid. In fact, we didn't even get paid on bereavement/compassionate leave / funerals, even if it was for my mother's death.
 
soundb0y said:
My work not only doesn't pay us, but any time we miss due to snow will have to be made up.

I'm not very happy with this, means if I get snowed in for 3 days which could be likely, I somehow have to make up 22.5 hours!?
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You would need to be paid for the 22.5 hours you have made up. Your Boss cannot deduct pay from you if you have worked the hours.

He can deduct the pay initially, but he must pay you for the hours you have made up in your subsequent months salary. If he does not hen I would either see your Union or HR dept.
 
Where I work presently the "untouchables" (a.k.a the drivers) will be paid for it, not only their guaranteed minimum hours but made up to their average hours. We, the "untermensch" (a.k.a the office staff) won't. However, I'm working my notice anyway, so **** 'em! :mad:
 
sponge999 said:
There is no excuse not to get to work anyway.
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If it's safe to drive or there's alternative transport or if it's within a reasonable walking distance then yeah but really it depends on everyones individual situation

a few of my colleagues live out in the stix on roads that don't get ploughed or gritted, if they can't drive then there's no way to get to work other than walk 30 or so miles which isn't really practical
 
sponge999 said:
There is no excuse not to get to work anyway.
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Sorry, but if as happened to me in the last big snow, you look out of the window and see the car buried up to it's doorhandles in snow, and the road not cleared you are not going to get to work fifty miles away. My neighbour attempted it, but after a couple of hours hard work we still couldn't get her car even off the driveway.
 
AcidHell2 said:
What? Care to explain as your clearly wrong. How do you walk 20+ miles in a reasonable time?
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I walked approx 15 miles last year, it took a few hours. Not too difficult if you really want to get to work. It depends on your motivation and dedication to your job of course.
 
15miles is more than a half marathon which thverage perdon with a few months trsing seems to be 2hrs30ish, Walking at 3miles per hour which would be good going in heavy snow and you are looking at far more than a few hours and how about if it's more 30,60, 100 miles?
 
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I got stuck last year and took two days off. My stupid car got stuck on the ice ruts. So i dug it out and put it back on the drive.

i got paid but i am on a salary. If i did'nt then i would start working 9-5 strictly and see how many days before they releaised the errors of there ways.

Have we had snow by the way?
 
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