After recent events in germany, for all those that didn`t hear it a german police man worked out it took him half an hour a day to put on and take off uniform he said he should be paid for this time the german courts agreed and gave him an extra seven days holiday a year in lew of payment,So that said does this now mean that if you are working or traveling to your first job you should be paid. This will probably not alter things in the USA and CANADA but if the german courts passed it you can bet europe will adopt it very soon.
Whats your opinion, I believe if you are working you should be earning.
Just a foot note if you are not working, i.e not being paid,are you insured to drive on company insurance?
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The suspence of how long this thread will get is absolutely killing me! I sure hope it lasts ! It feels delightful.
At my previous employer, when I hired on it was stated that I will be required to be on call 24 hours/day, 7 days/week every couple of months. Also if there are still calls on the board at the end of my day I may be required to work overtime. Given these requirements my employer stated that my drive time to and from my house to job sites would be paid by the company minus one half an hour. Sounded fine to me. BUT, right before I quit we had a big meeting where we were told there would be no more paid travel and our GPS systems would be more closely monitored. In Houston (The City Of Perpetual Construction), no matter what time of day, the same 45 mile trip could take half an hour to an hour and a half. After arguing with every manager that this is a breach of my employment agreement, I was basically told to sit down and shut up. One of the other senior techs did the math and by not having to pay us travel time the owner got to keep about $1.6 mil in his pocket over the course of the year.
i,m sorry but if i don,t get paid from my front door and back to my front door i won,t be leaving my front door. all the little bits and pieces you do for companys mean you deserve to get paid for every minute you are out grafting for them.ie parts and parcels littering your front hall , answering calls when your on a day off ,......
Just recently I looked into this in great detail.In the USA this has been litigated many times.After reviewing several cases I have determined that this is one of the great mysteries of our time.This could well end up being the longest discussion thread the world has ever known.
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