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Feeling exploited, AIBU?

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CanYouDoTheTwist · 07/05/2025 08:03

Home based remote worker on min wage, asked (read expected) to stand at an exhibition.
Gave up a Sunday, almost 4 hours train travel each way.
Company paid for a budget hotel, train tickets, 1 course dinner and my time standing on the exhibition floor.
They won’t pay my travel time and no TOIL offered for giving up day off.
Was I expecting too much to be paid £12.21ph for my travel hours?
Does anyone have any useful insight? ACAS sketchy and my contract doesn’t mention it.

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andtheworldrollson · 07/05/2025 08:21

The fact that work paid the tickets kind of shows that

andtheworldrollson · 07/05/2025 08:21

be definition the journey was not a commute

Stubtoe · 07/05/2025 08:21

CanYouDoTheTwist · 07/05/2025 08:16

you wouldnt expect to be paid for giving up your sunday to travel 4 hours and stay overnight in prep to do a days work?

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I would have expected to have been paid for what I agreed to be paid for

Stubtoe · 07/05/2025 08:20

You didn’t clarify your payment before agreeing?

BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 08:20

CanYouDoTheTwist · 07/05/2025 08:16

you wouldnt expect to be paid for giving up your sunday to travel 4 hours and stay overnight in prep to do a days work?

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Well i would have discussed it all before I agreed to it, I would then have known what I would be paid and worked out if it was worth it or not

I would expect no more than what I was informed

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CanYouDoTheTwist · 07/05/2025 08:16

Agix · 07/05/2025 08:07

Not many people are paid for commuting. It's not usual for people to expect payment for their commute.

As for TOIL, as long as you got paid for the time working, what's the TOIL for? As I understand it, you get TOIL instead of payment, not alongside payment?

Not that I agree with any of this, just saying how I thought it worked.

you wouldnt expect to be paid for giving up your sunday to travel 4 hours and stay overnight in prep to do a days work?

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andtheworldrollson · 07/05/2025 08:09

Commute is travel to your nornal place of work
since it’s a hotel stay that isn’t a normal commute

usererror57 · 07/05/2025 08:09

travel to and from what is contractually classed as your place of work is legally classed as travel time. Therefore if your contract states your home is your place of work then they should pay you for your time whilst travelling

andtheworldrollson · 07/05/2025 08:08

We were always given toil
i thought travel time had to be included somehow as it wasn’t a normal commute ?

BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 08:08

I don't know anyone paid for commuting unless it is part of some fancy corporate relocation thing

Agix · 07/05/2025 08:07

Not many people are paid for commuting. It's not usual for people to expect payment for their commute.

As for TOIL, as long as you got paid for the time working, what's the TOIL for? As I understand it, you get TOIL instead of payment, not alongside payment?

Not that I agree with any of this, just saying how I thought it worked.

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CanYouDoTheTwist · 07/05/2025 08:07

DenholmElliot11 · 07/05/2025 08:05

Push back.

Offer to do it for TOIL and travel time. They will either say no or come back with a counter offer. If they say no, there's no further need for communication.

Too late! It’s been done. I’ve never worked anywhere where it wasn’t standard and documented policy before.

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DenholmElliot11 · 07/05/2025 08:05

Push back.

Offer to do it for TOIL and travel time. They will either say no or come back with a counter offer. If they say no, there's no further need for communication.