Employment law - being forced to change work place and job

[Tremo]

I have worked for a company for 10 years as a cashier. The company is demolishing the building and then rebuilding over the next 12 months. All staff are being told what store they are to work and what jobs they are doing during this period and this is not necessarily the work we were employed for. If we have our own transport, we are expected to make our own way to our temporary store at our own cost no matter how much further we have to travel, for those with no transport they are providing a bus but this will run at set times and not necessarily coinciding with the start or finish of a shift. There is no guarantee as to what area we are to travel to or what jobs we will be allocated, we are told we have to accept what we are offered. Does anyone know my legal position and do I have to accept what I am told I will be doing and where.

[colin6789]

I think that there is a distance limit for alternative work. It is a few miles but not tens of miles, somebody may know the exact distance. They may provide transport for a further distance from your old place of work, but I thing that this travel becomes part of the working time. Try a union or the CAB.

[banned-dot]

they are doing this to avoid making you redundant, if they are offering you alternative employment then they do not have to pay you redundency

[colin6789]

I agree with banned-dot but I would hope you would get some legal advice youself or between all of you. There is a limit to the distance you can be expected to travel and I think it is not a great deal, and other points about the type of work and travelling time.