On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, David F wrote:

On Nov 16, 12:29*pm, David Cantrell wrote:
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:11:04PM +0000, Roland Perry wrote:
Dunno, but I don't get paid extra, and have often had to spend Sundays
travelling to overseas meetings, which frequently clash with UK Bank
Holiday Mondays.

A reasonable employer would give you TOIL for both the time spent
travelling and the time spent working.

I've never seen this in the private sector.

If we're talking about whole days, then i work in the private sector, and
i get it. Ditto for the one of my housemates who isn't a civil servant.
I'm in software, he's a medical writer (lot's of travelling to conferences
and so on).

I do the same - often have to travel on Sunday evenings so I can make a
Monday morning meeting either overseas, or in a difficult to get-to spot
of the UK. I don't get any extra pay, nor any extra time off.

Evenings travelling, i admit, don't earn time off. If i fly to Denmark
after work, i won't get time off; if i fly to Connecticut, i will.

I'm thankful I have a job.

I submit that this is the wrong attitude. Your employer should be thankful
he has you.

tom

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