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

Castiel said:
It's not going to cause an argument simply because I couldn't care less what you believe or not.

You're only a student who knows no better anyway.:p
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After all, being a students not real work anyways ;)

I still dont believe you though, considering you've said in sports arena you're a very heavy guy and not particularly fit anymore :p.
 
SlyReaper said:
I myself could do 15 miles in under 3 hours if I was hurrying, even if it was through snow.
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That is a real hurry, then. On Friday I walked 1 mile in 12 minutes while in a suit and suit shoes carrying a laptop bag. I am only short (5' 6") but I was walking at almost maximum speed on just moist pavement, and in certain places had a little jog (I was trying to catch a train on time). The idea that it's normal to walk at that rate, especially for nearly 3 hours, in the snow, is laughable. It's exceptional. I could not, physically, walk at that rate for that long. After just the 12 minutes my shins were ready to explode!
 
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If I couldn't make it in to work due to snow (or other adverse weather) I'd just need to let my team know and then work from home - luckily I work for a progressive employer.

Makes sense from their perspective to enable home working as we don't shut down the minute there's a few inches of snow.
 
The Craig said:
After all, being a students not real work anyways ;)

I still dont believe you though, considering you've said in sports arena you're a very heavy guy and not particularly fit anymore :p.
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My fitness is relative to what it was, and walking at 5mph is not very difficult even in my present condition. Like I said at my peak fitness I would have done it somewhat quicker, (jogged it). As I said, my choices were limited, walk home which was about 25 miles away or continue to work which was closer. I went as fast as possible and got there under 3 hours later. It's not heroic or impossible, it's simply walking quick. Which I do by habit anyway, just ask the wife, she's always moaning about it.

Anyway none of this is really the point, as most people don't work more than 5 miles from where they work and a brisk walk would not be beyond most people if they were so inclined. Student's included.
 
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Castiel said:
It's not heroic or impossible, it's simply walking quick.
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It's more than simply walking quick for most people. It's only walking quick IF you are quite a fit individual. The majority of the population, simply, are not, therefore it would be quite an heroic pace for them!
 
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we don't have to make up time if we get in, but we can also go to ANY NHS site and work from there or work from home (if you've that capability)
if you don't get in you have to either take it out of A/L or work the time back.
seems fair to me, I can walk to work for an hour or so (guess twice that in snow) and leave two hours early but still be paid
if I lived miles and miles away from the closest NHS site it would be another matter I guess but our manager made sure that everyone who DID had remote access, so baring a major power outage/internet down etc we're sorted.
 
PMKeates said:
It's more than simply walking quick for most people. It's only walking quick IF you are quite a fit individual. The majority of the population, simply, are not, therefore it would be quite an heroic pace for them!
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JBuk said:
for a lot of people 5mph+ would be jogging and would struggle to achieve 15 miles
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Average jogging speed is around 7-9mph. a brisk walk is somewhere between that and normal walking speed of 3.5mph, so 5mph is not jogging it's simply brisk walking. It is not that difficult to do as long as you pace yourself

Average normal walking speed can vary from individual to individual, anything in the range 3-5mph.

I do loads of walking now, normally at a faster pace as part of my exercise regime.
 
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I make sure that I have my laptop with me if it looks like the weather is going to be bad ... then if necessary I'll VPN into work instead of going in. I already get to work quite a bit before I'm supposed to be in by so if there are delays, but I can still get in, then I should make it on time.

If I remember correctly there was about three days last year I couldn't get in and all of those were due to my road being practically impassible (the cambers on the road and pavements are all over the place and it was just impossible in the ice to stay upright). This was not helped by one cretin down the bottom of the road deciding to try and de-ice his car with multiple washing up bowls of hot water ... this lead to a large area of the road and pavement being covered in half and inch of black ice. Was annoying as if I could have made it out of the road I could have got in ok, (despite the weather public transport was running fine).

I do know of some people at work who got into trouble though due to jumping at any excuse to avoid going in (and in some cases purposely leaving their laptops at work so they wouldn't be able to connect in ... I think they were made to take it as leave).
 
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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They can't not pay you AND expect you to work the extra hours.

Either they don't pay you - i.e. your salary is minus 3 days work pro-rata at the end of the month OR you get your usual salary at the end of the month because you've made up the hours on other days.

To dock your pay and make you work 22.5 hours for free would be illegal.
 
Lopéz said:
If you walked that at average human walking speed (ie 3mph) it would take you 5 hours in each direction. So for your average 8-5 office job that's leaving the house at 3am and returning by 10pm.

You'd need an awful lot of dedication to do that. Not to mention a shedload of insulation/winter clothing, given that we are talking about snow conditions therefore zero degrees or less is very likely.
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I think you could probably assume 7.5 miles each way if he walked 15 so more like 2 hours (4mph - reasonable non-****-like pace) to get to work.

Also you wouldn't want to wear shed loads of winter clothing doing something like that.
 
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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This.

I didn't get paid for 2 days back in January/February due to the snow. Might have to do a few this time round if its bad as its a 20 mile journey for me.
 
Sorry.

But why would you get paid if you can't get into work. The snow isn't going to be giving you compensation. It's not your works fault if it snows and you can't get into work.

Pointless thread is pointless.

/Johnathan - Recommends 1 dose of common sense :S
 
Some employers will pay you some won't. This is the way it works in UK unfortunately. It's up to the employer to decide whether they pay you or not.

Edit: Isn't it the same when calling it sick, no employer is forced to pay you for your day off due to sickness? My employer pays only for 5 sick days per year. Still better than 0 paid days.
 
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Of course it's all down to your contract/terms and conditions. Our employer is pretty good really. Company policy is that at the discretion of your manager, you can get up to 3 days special paid leave in each instance. Also if you are late coming in, again at the discretion of your manager, you do not have to work back time. Of course if everyone else from where you are gets in fine and says how easy it was to get in you'll get nothing and have to take annual leave. Generally though, because it's discretionary most people who can't make it in or are late are genuine. This is for permanent staff only.
 
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