Entitlement to travel allowance for work-related travel

[MotoGirl]

I'd say in that case it's fair to expect to be paid milage between the office and your client site. Probably not from the site to home if you head straight home tho.

However unless it's a company policy or in your contract they aren't under any legal obligation to pay milage just as you're not under any obligation to provide transport to work off-site (unless your contact says so). You may even be able to refuse to work off-site completely if it's not in your contract.

It's stories like this that help me put up with corporate life.

Cheers for that. Corporate life sounds tempting at times purely because I would love to work for a company that has its shit sorted out! Small companies just suck!

[James Deuce]

IRD rate is 55cents per km.

Start keeping a log book.

NZ Corporates are less organised than most NZ small businesses, and there are many more organisational layers to unravel to get things fixed.

That isn't green grass, it's painted concrete.

[Headbanger]

Wait a second, didn't you recently have a thread where you said you and your boss hate each others guts and can barely speak to each other?

[discotex]

Cheers for that. Corporate life sounds tempting at times purely because I would love to work for a company that has its shit sorted out! Small companies just suck!

Haha yeah they seem to. To be fair big companies suck too - just for a whole load of other reasons. The grass is always greener eh.

Good luck getting a result

[MotoGirl]

Wait a second, didn't you recently have a thread where you said you and your boss hate each others guts and can barely speak to each other?

That's me This is the latest thing she's sprung on me and I don't like to take things lying down. Hence why I'm trying to do my research.

[Winston001]

Wait a second, didn't you recently have a thread where you said you and your boss hate each others guts and can barely speak to each other?

That's me This is the latest thing she's sprung on me and I don't like to take things lying down. Hence why I'm trying to do my research.

Ah. I see.

Ideally you should get another job. However in the current recession that might not be so easy.

As for the travel - your employer cannot reasonably expect you to pay this yourself. So your choice is to refuse to drive to the client. Walk instead to make your point. No, you won't find a rule somewhere saying this although there might be a Employment Court decision somewhere. It's not a complex question. Your boss is wrong, based on the information you have provided.

Your employment relationship has broken down. You are entitled to lodge a personal grievance with the Employment Relations Authority to get these issues sorted (the boss's treatment of you and the mileage). Many people think grievances only arise when you are fired - but that's not so.

[MotoGirl]

Ah. I see.

Ideally you should get another job. However in the current recession that might not be so easy.

As for the travel - your employer cannot reasonably expect you to pay this yourself. So your choice is to refuse to drive to the client. Walk instead to make your point. No, you won't find a rule somewhere saying this although there might be a Employment Court decision somewhere. It's not a complex question. Your boss is wrong, based on the information you have provided.

Your employment relationship has broken down. You are entitled to lodge a personal grievance with the Employment Relations Authority to get these issues sorted (the boss's treatment of you and the mileage). Many people think grievances only arise when you are fired - but that's not so.

Thanks for that

[popelli]

It's not exactly clear what you are saying - will you be driving from home directly to the client three days a week? - in which case this is private travel.

wrong, this is not your normal place of work therefore it is not personal travel

if you want to really nit pick you could deduct your normal work travel off the trip to the clients and the additional travel would be deemed work related

[CookMySock]

Just get a ride to work and look at her and shrug.. "no car, sorry." You know the game. hehe.

If it doesn't say in your contact you have to provide a car, then you don't.

Always remind yourself, it's not your heart attack.

Steve

[imdying]

4I'm trying to determine whether I should be getting paid a travel allowance for using my own vehicle to travel to client sites.

Can anyone suggest any websites where I could find some info about my rights or my boss' obligations?

Check the IRD website, there's a formula for it.

[ynot slow]

In a real world you'd get paid,I was in similar situation,was supposed to get company car when lady went on maternity leave,I was filling in the 2 weeks previous,anyway the lady went home early due to stress etc,I used my car for a couple of clients visits,manager said take km,used 45kms of my car.Also the head support manager said as the car was part of my contract and such they would pay me to get to and from work(150km),didn't happen,but when shifting to another area stuck in my normal hours for the fortnight,was paid so near enough.Ended up with 24 hours for shifting.