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Relocation Of Work
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My husbands work has decided to move premises. The business has less than 8 employees and there are no mobility clauses in the contracts.
The move will be around 20 miles away. This is about an hours travel each way 5 days a week.
Currently he can walk to work so we have no travel costs. With the move he would have to drive to and from work each day. He could car share.
Where does he stand with ‘reasonable travel’ and the incurred cost.
His employer has not offered any compensation to help ease the added cost of travel or the extra time it will take to get there.
My husband often works from 7am until 5pm each day, without an official lunch break and we are about to have a baby so out income will reduce dramatically as I will be reducing my hours of work.
I have looked at the gov website and it suggests the possibility of redundancy but I am sure this will not be offered. It also suggests my husband can refuse to relocate but surely this is the same as quitting?
Official Gov info -
“Employees without a mobility clause in their contract can choose whether or not to move.
Employers can make their employees redundant if they decide not to move.
Employees may have a right to redundancy pay if:
they match the redundancy criteria - eg they’ve worked for the employer for a certain amount of time
they’re not getting any compensation from their employer because they decided not to move
they haven’t ‘unreasonably’ refused an offer of suitable alternative work
‘Unreasonable’ could mean refusing to move even though the new location is nearby and the employee could drive or easily take public transport
Employers don’t have to offer employees any compensation for relocating, unless it’s specified in their contract”
Any advice please besides finding another job or moving house, which is not possible.
Thanks
GF
My husbands work has decided to move premises. The business has less than 8 employees and there are no mobility clauses in the contracts.
The move will be around 20 miles away. This is about an hours travel each way 5 days a week.
Currently he can walk to work so we have no travel costs. With the move he would have to drive to and from work each day. He could car share.
Where does he stand with ‘reasonable travel’ and the incurred cost.
His employer has not offered any compensation to help ease the added cost of travel or the extra time it will take to get there.
My husband often works from 7am until 5pm each day, without an official lunch break and we are about to have a baby so out income will reduce dramatically as I will be reducing my hours of work.
I have looked at the gov website and it suggests the possibility of redundancy but I am sure this will not be offered. It also suggests my husband can refuse to relocate but surely this is the same as quitting?
Official Gov info -
“Employees without a mobility clause in their contract can choose whether or not to move.
Employers can make their employees redundant if they decide not to move.
Employees may have a right to redundancy pay if:
they match the redundancy criteria - eg they’ve worked for the employer for a certain amount of time
they’re not getting any compensation from their employer because they decided not to move
they haven’t ‘unreasonably’ refused an offer of suitable alternative work
‘Unreasonable’ could mean refusing to move even though the new location is nearby and the employee could drive or easily take public transport
Employers don’t have to offer employees any compensation for relocating, unless it’s specified in their contract”
Any advice please besides finding another job or moving house, which is not possible.
Thanks
GF
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I know of a similar case, where the new travel time was about three quarters of an hour. The employers agreed to provide free parking for 2 years for those affected, and a further year of half-price season ticket for parking. The employers stressed that they had no obligation to do even that. However, they did agree and help ( e.g,. with home-office alterations ) where employees wanted to arrange to work from home instead of commuting.
Thanks all for your answers.
We live in a very busy city so an hour is conservative.
Taking into account changes plus added cost to childcare, cost of driving to and from and the added 2 hours onto an already 8 hour day without breaks I
I feel it is unreasonable as does he. Especially as he is contracted to work in the premises he currently works at.
He’s going to discuss with the boss as it’s not only him affected.
We live in a very busy city so an hour is conservative.
Taking into account changes plus added cost to childcare, cost of driving to and from and the added 2 hours onto an already 8 hour day without breaks I
I feel it is unreasonable as does he. Especially as he is contracted to work in the premises he currently works at.
He’s going to discuss with the boss as it’s not only him affected.
If it were me I would comply with the move after first trying to come to an agreement over the increased travel costs and extra time. I would suggest that you calculate the cost (being reasonable) and time and suggest a period of time this will be available, try for 2 years. In the meantime, whilst he is still employed, he can look for a more convenient location
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