5th May 2007, 01:43 PM
It all depends.
Temporary staff must be treated the same as permanent staff. So if the office staff get sick pay and the field staff donât there could be an illegality. But I am guessing that the office staff are permanent and the field staff are not.
Subsistence payments are a payment for expenses. They are not giving you money to live on. I think there are issues with subsistence payment at the levels being currently paid in any event.
So in crude terms you are suggesting that it is wrong for somebody who does not turn up to work not to be paid expenses.
Peter
Temporary staff must be treated the same as permanent staff. So if the office staff get sick pay and the field staff donât there could be an illegality. But I am guessing that the office staff are permanent and the field staff are not.
Subsistence payments are a payment for expenses. They are not giving you money to live on. I think there are issues with subsistence payment at the levels being currently paid in any event.
So in crude terms you are suggesting that it is wrong for somebody who does not turn up to work not to be paid expenses.
Peter