• lntl@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If i live 3 hours from my workplace my employer should pay me for the six hours to get to and from?

    maybe I’m old school…

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      1 year ago

      more reasonably would be something like the first 30 mins of commuting counts as working hours, as an example

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      1 year ago

      Very unrealistic example to use… It would be very unusual for anyone to take a job that’s 3 hours away and make a six hour commute daily, while working an 8 to 10 hour work day… that example is not the norm and would never be the norm for majority. But let’s say for arguments sake you example works… yes the employer should pay you for that extreme commute… absolutely… but maybe I am more new school which was bound to happen as time wore on in society

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        1 year ago

        there are people who took jobs during the pandemic that were not in the neighborhood. this is not as an unreasonable example as it would have been five years ago.

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          1 year ago

          That’s not what I said… and that’s not what you claimed… and also… no one works in their neighborhood, unless they work from home… most work in theirs, or the neighborhing CITY. Most of us workers (at least 95% of us workers) do not and would not work at a job site for minimal pay, with a 3 hour commute both ways and not be well compensated for that commute or be some type of truck driver who is compensated for that.

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      1 year ago

      If you live three hours from your workplace you should work remotely or get another job lol

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        1 year ago

        that’s the point of this outrageous example. How about this: Suppose there are two employees: Alice and Bob, who do the same job at the same factory. Alice has a 10 minute commute, Bob commutes 35 minutes. If you’re the owner of the factory, how would you compensate them for their commutes?

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          1 year ago

          Either:

          A: compensate them equally and let Bob leave 20 minutes earlier and arrive 20 minutes later

          B: compensate them equally for to traveled, meaning Bob would be compensated for 35 minutes and Alice 10.

          C: pass through the tax deduction that I would get if it were company vehicle (xyz a mile) to the employee directly

          If they’re putting their time and their equipment to show up for my business they should be compensated. Period.