Comments on: What are the legal implications around taking a ‘snow day’ http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hrreview-articles/hr-strategy-practice/legal-implications-around-taking-a-snow-day/5566 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian H http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hrreview-articles/hr-strategy-practice/legal-implications-around-taking-a-snow-day/5566/comment-page-1#comment-1567 Ian H Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:59:10 +0000 http://www.hrreview.co.uk/?p=5566#comment-1567 All our work is streetworks. It is too hazardous for this work to be done at present. Our office staff are getting to work but all streetworks teams are at home. As they are generally sub contractors paid for what they produce they are not earning. Neither is the main contractor as payment is also based on output. These conditions are losing everyone a lot of money. All our work is streetworks. It is too hazardous for this work to be done at present. Our office staff are getting to work but all streetworks teams are at home. As they are generally sub contractors paid for what they produce they are not earning. Neither is the main contractor as payment is also based on output. These conditions are losing everyone a lot of money.

]]> By: Eric Galvin http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hrreview-articles/hr-strategy-practice/legal-implications-around-taking-a-snow-day/5566/comment-page-1#comment-1560 Eric Galvin Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:45:18 +0000 http://www.hrreview.co.uk/?p=5566#comment-1560 The suggested approach to "snow days"seems reasonable. Two aspects seem to be missing from this analysis- which may or may not be relevant. First is the extent to which orgnaisations can take corporate decisions to close down a work site and the second is the position when weather deteriorates during the day. I worked for a large organisation in Sheffield with around 2,000 employees (mainly in office based roles) on site drawn from a wide area. Sheffield is particularly prone to "snow problems" compared to other places where I have worked. On occasion a corporate decision was made to close the office (often in concert with the local authority civil contingencies people) and on others we as senior line managers had delegated authority to close down our teams. In doing so I took account of factors such as travel mode, distance to be travelled, disability and the degree to which teams were interdependent. In both these cases employees were paid. The suggested approach to “snow days”seems reasonable.

Two aspects seem to be missing from this analysis- which may or may not be relevant. First is the extent to which orgnaisations can take corporate decisions to close down a work site and the second is the position when weather deteriorates during the day.

I worked for a large organisation in Sheffield with around 2,000 employees (mainly in office based roles) on site drawn from a wide area. Sheffield is particularly prone to “snow problems” compared to other places where I have worked. On occasion a corporate decision was made to close the office (often in concert with the local authority civil contingencies people) and on others we as senior line managers had delegated authority to close down our teams. In doing so I took account of factors such as travel mode, distance to be travelled, disability and the degree to which teams were interdependent. In both these cases employees were paid.

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