What's your company's policy on getting into work in these conditions?

[nikos]

That's it really. Our small company doesn't have one and I wondered what other companys did?

[lal123]

we are meant to take every reasonable effort to get in, or report to nearest health facility to see if we can help there. I'm in admin, not patient related, but as our GM says "If the nurses etc make the effort then so should you". Well - I'm stuck in the house with 2 kids, I've decided that its not reasonable for me to trek for half an hour to drop them off with their grans when DD2 (14 months) has a stinking cold. I'll take today as annual leave

[Metcalfe]

It's annual or unpaid leave.

Those who get in but may be late are not docked any salary.

Those who have the facility to work from home and it is okayed by there manager can do.

[nymphadora]

Unpaid unless the building is shut. local authority

[DurhamDurham]

I work in the Voluntary Sector so rubbish pay but great working conditions. Work from home if unble to get to office, paid as normal. However due to awful condtions office has been closed today so no need to work from home and will still be paid. However being the dedicated soul I am I will do a bit of work in between Mumsnet!

[hairyfairylights]

If it's possible to get to work safely (including by walking/using public transport) then the staff must.

If they can't make it in safely, they get the day off.

I, as CEO, make a judgement call on whether to close the office or not if it worsens during working hours.

We ask staff to take work home in preparation for inclement weather, if it looks like it might happen.

[PavlovtheCat]

annual leave/toil/unpaid day off. Or, if appropriate, work from home - public sector. You would not have any other way though what with all the budget cuts eh though ladies? you would not want to be paying people to have snowball fights instead of working would you

Alas, not likely the office would be shut, skeleton staff maybe as half our staff live rurally, but not totally shut the other half live in the city (i am local).

[Oblomov]

I don't know what our policy is.
But I was paid, for the 1 day I couldn't get in, when we had very heavy snow last Feb. It was trecherous and I wouldn't drive , with baby ds2 in the car. was too dangerous.

[nikos]

Work was good today. Struggled in and they told me to leave early so I wasn't driving in the dark. See what tommorrow brings.

[pointythings]

My organisation (local branch of bigger public sector organisation) is straightforward - always plan to take work home if forecast looks bad in case conditions are too bad to come in (or in my case I have a laptop with secure network access). If you do come in and live more than half an hour's drive away, leave early enough that you can make it home in daylight.
Close office if really horrendous.
No unpaid working or forced annual leave.
I think it makes sense - not risking horrendous car crashes and people being off for weeks/months as opposed to missing a day or shorter days.
I hope it doesn't come to it too often though as I'm all too aware of heating costs [cheapskate icon].

[MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic]

If I don't work I generally don't get paid, but last year we were given the option of using annual leave on some of the really bad days, plus there was a couple of days they gave up and shut the store early (usually open until 11pm) and on those days if you were in, you got sent home on full pay ('working out of store' on payroll!) It's hard, I live in a mass of hills, and don't leave work until midnight - I baulk at driving in conditions at that time, that I'd be Okish with during the day. I hate the snow, and I hate feeling like a wuss phoning in to say I'm not going to be there

[TheNextMrsDepp]

Ours is a small company too; you can work from home if you can't get in, but you need to make an effort! I think they would know if you were taking the mickey and ask you to take a day's leave.