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Snow days? Are you covered?

  • 02-02-2009 11:16pm
    #1
    lynski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭


    So there is a don't travel warning in place for Co. Kildare tomorrow, if you can't go to work due to weather conditions do you get paid? can the company force a holiday?


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  • #2
    Shelflife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Shelflife


    THey cant force a holiday , but if you dont turn up for work your company dont have to pay you.

    its up to you to make alternative arrangements to get to work.


  • #3
    doolox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭doolox


    If caught out like Ireland was last monday you really have to balance the gain of a days pay up against the risk of injury or loss on a journey to work on Irelands lunatic winter roads.
    If for example you take your over-priced €20,000 car out onto the roads and wreck it, is that worth the €200 a day you get, on average, for a days work.
    What happens if you get injured and are out for several weeks due to a bad journey-taking decision?
    You can bet your life most companies will balance every decision on the gain for the effort involved and the risks entailed.
    Why can't employees do likewise?
    Trouble is we often do not have the correct and timely information to make these decisions effectively.
    Rational societies plan for these emergencies and make suitable provision to clear the roads or warn people to stay off until things improve.
    Ireland struggles with things like these.


  • #4
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    You might be able to use "force majeure" days for it. I know I get three force majeure days a year.


  • #5
    IsThatSo?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    Three force majeure days a year, with a max of 5 in a 3 year period is the standard. Don't know if many employers enforce the 5 in a three year period thing though.


  • #6
    daveirl
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  • #7
    doolox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭doolox


    Snow days in Ireland are a disaster compared to other northern countries. No snow plows, no official backing of a decision to put off travel to work, apart from schools, no warnings or timely information to let people make informed decisions, no training for driving in hazardous conditions in Driving Test........
    We wish we had a mild climate like France or Spain but we don't. We have a mildly Nordic climate and our snow can be worse than places who have REAL winters because a lot of it is black ice or sleet, much more tricky to deal with.
    The people of New England find our marginally freezing weather more difficult to deal with than their empathically colder climate. If you are faced with 2-3 feet of snow it's a no-brainer, you cant travel. If faced with 6 inches you MIGHT risk it......this is more dangerous in my opinion as it allows those in authority to attribute base motives to a possibly genuine decision not to travel. People in a bad bargaining position, in fear of their jobs may put their lives and property at risk to get to work.


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