hi all my worked phoned me today to say they would not be open due to weather, its not that bad here so was a little surprised,

i was going to go in or atleast give it a go as roads looked ok,

they said i will not be paid unless i take as holiday, nice to have a day off but unpaid is not good comming towards xmas,

is this correct or any advice is welcome.

if i had called in saying not comming in then fair enough dont pay me but it was there choice to close and i was prepared to go in,

cheers all hope the weather clears soon

I think it's at the companies disgression, unless it's stated in your contract / company handbook otherwise.

We paid earlier this year, cost a sh1t load for one day.

The problem always seems to be the genuine ones will try and usually succeed getting to work, while others will take the p1ss. So no work no pay seems fair then.

That doesn't sound right to me. SWMBO made it into work today and she was told that as she is part of the NHS and therefore classed as an 'essential service' she must at least attempt to get to work. Her boss has been off all week - and she lives much closer to the hospital than us. There is talk about staff being able to take 'snow days' as annual leave.

hmmm

seems mad to me people who was already in work where told to go home and take as holiday or unpaid also, i was on a late shift so hadnt gone in yet,

raz man call me to arrange collection of the afr meter i will u2u no

cheers

Linky doo

BBC says that if your employer chooses to close, i.e. you are ready and willing to work but it isn't, then they can't refuse to pay you. WHether you are in a position to successfully argue that is another matter

If you're available for work and they send you home or close up shop for the day, you're entitled to your wages, unless it states otherwise in your contract. It's no different to any other day, if you turn up and they don't want you, unless you're employed as 'casual' labour, then they have to pay you. Factories and businesses often have a pre-planned 'shutdown' and this should be mentioned in your contract and it will detail how you will be paid or if you need to take annual leave.

your contract will state your hours/days of employment, this will work both ways

its there to protect you as much as it is them

thats out of order, and i believe not legal. The contract states they will pay you, to make you take it as a holiday they need to give you twice as much notice as the amount of time off, ie one day off needs two days notice.

The only way around this is where you work variable shifts, they may well be allowed by your contract to rearrange your shifts at short notice.

The only day i ever got snowed out, i paid the lads.

Q: My workplace has closed because of the bad weather, what does that mean for me?

Good news, if you cannot get into the office and have no work to do at home then your employer cannot dock your pay or force you to take annual leave. Time for a snowball fight…


on the yahoo homepage today, rights of workers with the snow.