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The BBC website is running a useful Q&A about some of the employment law issues the big freeze has thrown up. The article covers both the rights of employers and employees and includes questions about docking pay, health and safety and unpaid time off.
It's a fairly simplistic piece but worth a look.
Personnel Today also has legal content that might be useful to HR teams reading up on the legal questions posed by the adverse weather.
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Sadly, the BBC has got the law completely wrong. The article says that employers can't lawfully deduct a day's pay where a worker can't get into work because of the weather. In fact, the law is clear that the responsibility for employees getting to work does not lie with the employer. If employees fail to turn up for work because severe weather has made their jounrey impossible, the employer is under no obligation to pay them. For more see http://www.xperthr.co.uk/faqs/topics/3,23/deductions-from-wages.aspx?mode=open&page=1&articleid=59845
Posted by David Shepherd | February 3, 2009 4:22 PM
Posted on February 3, 2009 16:22