Night out money

[eggsarascal]

22 hours ago, topchippyles said:

I think £20 is quite reasonable for a meal in the evening 

What about staying away from your wife and kids, eating out of take aways, or pubs, £20/night would compensate for that? Get a grip Les.

[AHPP]

I imagine Les’s wife match funds whatever his employer pays for nights away. 

[Vedhoggar]

Employers don't have to pay but an employer should pay employees daily allowances as compensation for expenses incurred while away, often overnight accommodation is provided by the employer and travel time to and from location should be regarded as work time. 

 

Subsistence allowances when staying away from home are not taxed, allowable expenses can include cost of meal as well as cost of reasonable level of refreshments both alcoholic and non-alcoholic with the meal.

 

Working in both UK and Sweden (arboriculture and landscape work) overnight accommodation was provided along with a subsistence allowance and travel time regarded as work time. The allowance for meal will be based on average price of a decent meal plus drink with meal. In Sweden max allowance tax-free is currently 290 SEK (£22.14) but in UK not aware of any max allowance, it seems cost just needs to be at a reasonable level as some of the figures put forward by others.

[handcutter]

Last time away in 2024  I got £35 a night, think it just covered a meal and some breakfast if you were shopping around a bit 

[Vedhoggar]

£35 sound reasonable to me, if you’ve got to get your own breakfast as well as an evening meal you would need all of that.

[eggsarascal]

Last digs job I was on was Epsom Racecourse, B&B with evening meal, we couldn't get the breakfast because we were away to early, but the lass who owned the place did us a pack-up. We didn't get a penny extra to stay out, we did get the scrap though, more than made up for it. 

[NJA]

I've got premier inn and travelodge card

Plus can claim up to £25 total for dinner and breakfast.  Most do a evening meal/breakfast deal when you book which is generally around £25.  No alcohol covered by the company.  Plus £5/day for lunch.

I find it works OK.

[manco]

when im away for work i get my hotel paid, plus evening meal with a couple of drinks, and petrol to get there.
 

[AHPP]

I’ll come back to this thread the next time I’m five hours into a six hour drive to sleep in a van, shit in a Tesco and climb a tree with a 661 dragging on my kidney. I suspect I won’t be especially sympathetic to someone who only has to grease a machine and then struggle with some really heavy joysticks for a fixed length shift. 

[Boggedtoothetits]

7 hours ago, AHPP said:

I’ll come back to this thread the next time I’m five hours into a six hour drive to sleep in a van, shit in a Tesco and climb a tree with a 661 dragging on my kidney. I suspect I won’t be especially sympathetic to someone who only has to grease a machine and then struggle with some really heavy joysticks for a fixed length shift. 

 
fixed length shift aye 15 hours being thrown about the cab sounds like the dream doesn’t it ?? I’m sure you hand cutters are away at 2pm after a nice walk around the woods talking in the scenery…..