Employee Pay During Weather Downtime

[Billy]

Unless on a zero hours contract, an employee should get paid for contracted hours, regardless of the weather and other factors affecting the availability of work.

[Starscream]

For PAYE, it depends what's in your contract. In our contract it states that during the winter if we can't work due to snow then we don't get paid. It's crap but we signed the contract. It's a relatively small firm with limited funds. If the company is not earning how can we expect him to pay us for not doing anything?

[inthewoods]

If the company is not earning how can we expect him to pay us for not doing anything?

 

[Steve Bullman]

Back in the days when I was employed we would be given the option if the weather was really bad. We could go home and take it as holiday pay or something would be found for us to do even if it was washing the trucks or something mundane.

 

As a subbie, not much is different..I often get a phone call in the morning giving me the option if its particularly bad. Sometimes the wet means we can't get on the land so the choice is taken out of my hands. I'm quite happy to take these days off, theres always something to do anyway.

[Mark Bolam]

If I had PAYE lads I'd have them looking after my kids and tidying up house and stuff if we were weathered off.

I'd go to the pub all day.

I reckon a three man team would take a good couple of days to sort out the wife's boot collection in the hallway cupboard.

[mistahbenn]

Hahahshshs Im gonna come work for you when I come back to the UK mate

[Marc Lewis]

Does anyone know what the norm is for builders and roofers on wet days?

[eggsarascal]

Does anyone know what the norm is for builders and roofers on wet days?

 

Years ago the saying was 'rainy-day, no-pay'....... 'Bricks layed',money paid..... Thankfully we've moved away from that way of thinking.

[Mull]

Does anyone know what the norm is for builders and roofers on wet days?

 

 

Oilskins.

[Gray git]

If I had PAYE lads I'd have them looking after my kids and tidying up house and stuff if we were weathered off.

I'd go to the pub all day.

I reckon a three man team would take a good couple of days to sort out the wife's boot collection in the hallway cupboard.

 

I like your thinking mark, saying that if I gave my lads a choice of looking after my two hooligans or taking a day off all I'd see is the car tail lights disappearing out the yard.

When I started having more permanent staff I decided to start doing logs again for just such days when the weather or client cancels a job so at least I can set lads on and cover wages and overheads and no 1 is out of pocket to much.

All this winter I've been saying that next time we are snowed off we'll have a set too and build the office/bait cabin in the barn to have somewhere easier to get warm for doing kit checks and drying gear but guess what never had that day yet....