Employee Pay During Weather Downtime

[FatherJack]

If a day's work is cancelled due to weather etc., do you pay your employees? That is PAYE employees, and not subbies, and they are told not to come into work.

Just want to get a feeling for the business practices out there.

Cheers

[harrythecat178]

I would imagine if you told an employee not to come to work when they are contracted to work you are obliged to pay them. If you didn't an employment tribunal would be on the horizon. If the employee can get to the starting place of work then they have kept their side of bargain and are entitled to be paid

[steve@black]

There is always something to do , are your saws always fully serviced ? vans levels checked ? logs fully split and yard tidy ?

I always honour the days work , subbies can come in to if booked but will have to work in the yard , if they chose not to thats up to them .

Thats how it works with us anyhow .

[inthewoods]

Subby - no work, no pay

On the books - you have to pay, either find something for them to do or even ask if they mind taking it as a holiday

[eggsarascal]

Subby - no work, no pay

On the books - you have to pay, either find something for them to do or even ask if they mind taking it as a holiday

 

Hang on! I sub to a few companies, if you book me for tomorrow I will be there, I care not if you or your lads can't get there......... I still want paying.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Hang on! I sub to a few companies, if you book me for tomorrow I will be there, I care not if you or your lads can't get there......... I still want paying.

 

agreed! It's the time that's being bought as well as the activity.

[inthewoods]

I'm a freelance subby too but if there's no work there's no pay. The times people have cancelled booked days within 24hrs or that morning more often than not find other work for me but if not, you've got to take it on the chin. There was no mention of if the employed lads COULDN'T get in, just cancelled due to wind I presume (cos unfortunately no one has ever cancelled me due to rain) Same as when firms book you up then rearrange / cancel days a week or two before... The joys of being s/e. Do you charge a cancellation fee?!

[jrose]

As a subby, I take the general view that if I'm not told before hand that the day is cancelled and I get to the yard in the morning, I've held up my end of the bar gin.

 

If it's decided then that the weather is too bad, and there's nothing to do in the yard, I'll generally charge half my usual day rate. I feel this is reasonably fair all round.

 

If I'm told the day before or even first thing in morning before leaving my house not to bother, then it's no money that day (unless I have something else to do)

[Mark Bolam]

That's the way we tend to roll as well mate.

[jrose]

Sorry, just reread the question!

 

As a PAYE employee, I've always been under the understanding if you are told not to come into work due to weather, you're entitled to a days pay or have it as paid holiday.

 

If you can't make it to the yard due to snow etc and haven't been told not to come in, you may not get paid for the day.