Working past midnight & cab

Just something I've been a bit curious about - in my old job, any time we worked past midnight, the company would arrange cabs for us and have them paid for through their own account. Other jobs seem to do this practice too. Is there an actual requirement, which states that businesses have to do this or is it up to the discretion of each to decide?

Delancey

To my knowledge it is entirely at the discretion of management . I remember a number of years ago a strike at Johnie Foxx's pub in the Dublin Mountains over the issue of staff being required to pay for their taxi home . This is why so many employers prefer/insist on job applicants having their own transport.

Mr. Loverman

A search for the word "taxi" at www.irishstatutebook.ie returns no employment related results.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ResultsTitle.html?q=taxi&Simple_Search=Acts&Simple_Search=SIs

RATM

I used to work night shifts till 1.30am in An Post and they paid for taxis home- there would be about 15 taxis lined up to take all the staff home.

I can remember hearing that it is some sort of requirement but am not sure if it is enshrined into employment law or it was something the union negotiated with the employer. I can vaguely remember seeing it published and reading about it before but am unsure if it was legislation or not.

Delancey

An Post is heavily unionised and I would suspect that has more to do with it than any legislation. I think that would have been agreed by the Company and Union at local level.