Employers Responsibility

[Bob906]

My Granddaughter is working as a waitress for a city restaurant, and she works evenings, sometimes till after midnight when the last bus has gone.
What i want to know is Does her Employer have to provide transport (taxi) home for her and any other employees that work late. It is costing her �3.50 a night to get into work and �5 to get home and i say they should susidise the cost of getting her home
Thanks for any help

[squarebear]

I wouldn't have thought so. I use to work a night shift and there was no public transport but I still expected to make my own way home.

She should have thought about extra expenses when she took the job.

[1234567billy]

the short answer is no-unless it is in her contract of employment

[funnygirl]

Normally when they advertise something like this, they are supposed to make it clear that the job is suited to someone who has maybe their own transport or lives in the vicinity.

[Bob906]

Thanks funnygirl and if they didn't make it clear can she ask them to pay or at least 50% of the fare

[redcrx]

did she not realise that she'd have to find her way to and from any job she chose to apply for.

�8.50 a day to travel to work? a lot of people pay that and then some!

[bigmamma]

Hello Bob , as the others say , I also think she will find her travel to and from work is not paid for , most late shift -workers have to find their own way . Some restaurants have a co-worker who can give lifts to those without a car or someone to pick them up.

[ACtheTROLL]

bob ... have you got any job openings?
If only someone would pay me for going to work ... I could retire ....

I'm interested bob ... were you payed to go to work?

[Eve]

I'd agree with the others.

The only times I've ever been paid to get home from work were...

In a 9-5 office job (PA in a law firm) where, if I stayed til very late (say after 11pm) to help on a corporate job then the firm would pay for a taxi home.

When I worked in a central London law firm where I'd often be in around 7.30am, on a usual day work til 8/9pm but often be there til 12/1am.

If we left after the last tube at 11pm we would get a taxi on account for safety reasons and because we were working such long hours for the firm without proper breaks.

[Wotsits31]

Hi Bob - I just asked my brother your question as he owns and runs a restaurant, he says it's the norm round there for the restaurant to pay for a cab if there is no alternative transport, but he takes the fare out of tips pot. He says he feels responsible for making sure they get home ok at that late hour but then I said I think he's mean for taking it out of their tips. He thinks it's a fair compromise! Not sure if that's any help to you!

[ACtheTROLL]

wotsit ... I love the answer

we'll pay ... but we'll take it out of your wages .... nice!

I assume he takes the payments for his car out of the jar also .... just to make it fair