13th March 2007, 12:15 PM
There are a lot of permutations here, that make the possibilty of 'one size fits all' frankly impossible.
I guess you don't mean these rules to apply to commuters on public transport (where one hour could mean only 2/3rds of the way across Greater London, and still some distance from home)? Or to persons being driven to work, as opposed to persons driving to work?
A lot of units distinguish between the persons being chaufferred and those doing the driving. I know of one unit for example that allows its designated drivers to have two additional 1/4 hour breaks (after arriving at work in the morning and before taking people home at night) so they can partly recover from the stress of driving and some units that allow [u]all</u> work related travelling to be undertaken during work time (including overtime if on site hours and travelling time together exceed the standard local government working week).
And what about that unit in Cumbria that encourages it's staff to use bicycles or public transport...Does it pay an allowance? Does cycle time count as part of the working day? Good way to get muscles flexed early in the morning before hefting a mattock.
I guess you don't mean these rules to apply to commuters on public transport (where one hour could mean only 2/3rds of the way across Greater London, and still some distance from home)? Or to persons being driven to work, as opposed to persons driving to work?
A lot of units distinguish between the persons being chaufferred and those doing the driving. I know of one unit for example that allows its designated drivers to have two additional 1/4 hour breaks (after arriving at work in the morning and before taking people home at night) so they can partly recover from the stress of driving and some units that allow [u]all</u> work related travelling to be undertaken during work time (including overtime if on site hours and travelling time together exceed the standard local government working week).
And what about that unit in Cumbria that encourages it's staff to use bicycles or public transport...Does it pay an allowance? Does cycle time count as part of the working day? Good way to get muscles flexed early in the morning before hefting a mattock.