Travel time?

[macka09]

Hi all. Do most trades men get paid for travelling time? Reason I ask is due to the working day going from 1hr travel to a place of work to 3??

 

[Ermintrude]

Yes we pay from arrival at job or merchants to leaving last job

What's that yes we do have trackers

 

[macka09]

Lol. We have to leave early to get hot works permits and drive to numerous jobs and then hand the permit in at end of play. So the day is much longer than it was but for same money.

 

[Dotty]

Up to an hour there and an hour back.

Anything over that is claimable

 

[macka09]

Is that law, or an unwritten rule?

 

[Dotty]

Snipef agreement I think.

It's a contractual thing so you'd need to thrash it out with your boss.

 

[macka09]

Ok thanks.

 

[nicro3]

Jib firms and Hvca firms will pay this otherwise, up to the boss

 

[townfanjon]

unless I can drive to the customers in 15 / 20ish mins.(or its a mega job where the travelling time is sort of in the job)
I will charge from the when the van starts moving from home, or last job .......... to home or next job.

They way I look at it, if you drive an hour to do a job (ok rare, just an example) it takes an hour to get back, and say the job took an hour....that whole job has taken 3 hours not 1 .

Of course if its a it customer with nice knockers , you obviously wave the travelling charge

 

[wetdrip]

Obviously no-one's been to SUNNY Coventry jeezuz.It turns my fly fishing day out at Draycote Water into a nightmare:
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[woodsy]

My sat nav records travelling time and when being the sad individual that I am,took notice of my travelling time per week, I found it was approx 8 - 10 hrs generally every week when I was doing approx 20 ish jobs a week within a ten mile radius. If you don't charge for this or factor it in your hourly rate, then it equates to working five days for four days pay which unless you are highly paid can't be right. This is if you are a firm of course and not on the books which then would have to be negotiable with the employer

 

[goz666]

Son in law used to work for dynorod and they insisted their lads were 'on the job' at 8, travelling was in your own time. He used to drive from East Lancs to Harrogate every morning between 6am and 8am ....finish at 5 then drive home....UNPAID.

 

[Ermintrude]

Balls to driving and not getting paid. Was once offered a job as a setting out engineer / 3D drot controller ( basically remote control bulldozers) agency told me it was £28/h this was 9 or so moons ago. Made excuses drove to Marne barracks and went through interview... Got job on spot talking trough car /wages it was £28k with 2 hour drive each way. Bye said I. Working on salary on for a brilliant firm..... Then I went to Carillion. What a disaster they expected to drive where ever and be in the site office ready to rock at 8. Bye said I. Just checked miles on van. 7200 since new in March. Think I may say bye..... Oh hang on I get paid for it.

 

[EnglishmanSpark]

I do because I'm employed but definitely whack money on top when doing private jobs if there is a bit of distance involved.

I don't get paid for morning travel (whether it's in the office or straight to site) but it's never more than about 45 minutes and it's in the company van so I pay no diesel costs.

 

[helpsy]

You do things, needs must etc, then you look back and think with hindsight I would never do that again! I was driving from just south of Bath to Crossness engines( Thamesmead near Woolwich)and back of a day taking about 5 hours, plus 10 hours manual work.