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  • 03-02-2014 4:11pm
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    LegacyUser
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    Hi. Our office is moving premises in a couple of months time. At the moment we're located on a bus route so there's no problem there. However, the new location is about ten minutes from the current bus stop. I'm looking at the problem of having no access to a car and having no way of getting to work. I have a drivers licence but don't like the idea of buying a car just to run it for a few minutes per day. Does the employer have any obligations in a situation such as this?


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Ten minutes walk, or ten minute drive?


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    LegacyUser
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    Sorry, ten minute drive.


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    Nody
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Ten minutes walk, or ten minute drive?
    Well assuming 10 min drive, 50km an hour (normal legal city speed) we'd still talk 8km distance; double it and we're still far with in the limits of what would be considered with in acceptable limits.

    To OP not really; the distance based on your information is not long enough for it to be considered as far as I can remember. Have a read through your contract though, it may state your specified address rather then "company working location" or similar and don't have a "or other locations as seen fit" which could give you some leeway for redundancy (assuming 2+ years employement at the company) but highly doubt you'd get further then that.


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    LegacyUser
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    Thanks. No contract so have nothing to go on there. Is it silly of me to think that the employer could supply transport for me? Not sure what is normally done in a situation like this.


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