Property News · December 2, 2010

No pay for snow absence from work


If you can’t make it to work because of bad weather most employers will dock your pay or expect you to work an extra dayHas the snow and ice kept you off work today? A weather-enforced absence can be a blessing or a curse, the difference often being a simple question of cash. If you’re lucky, your employer may turn a blind eye and continue paying you. If not, you may have to foot the bill for your absence through lost earnings.After the harsh winters of recent years, many people have already found to their cost that an employer is not obliged to pay you if you cannot make it into work for weather-related reasons unless it is written into your contract. A survey by the Federation of Small Businesses during the bad weather earlier this year showed one in seven of its members’ staff failed to make it into work during the snow. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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