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How would you compensate employees for commuting to work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Suppose there are two employees: Alice and Bob, who do the same job at the same factory. Alice has a 10 minute (20RT) commute, Bob commutes 35 minutes(70RT).

If you're the owner of the factory, would you compensate them for their commutes? How would you do it?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not the person you’re replying to but in the Netherlands it’s just a standard amount per KM from home to work with no compensation for travel time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It sounds like an incentive not to hire people who live too far away from the office to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s a small country so most commutes are relatively short anyway. On average, people live within 22km of their place of work.

There’s also al lot of employers that offer other benefits or ways of compensating. Things like discounted or even free public transport, free parking, use of company cars, tax benefits when you purchase a bicycle etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why? It’s just a fraction of the salary anyway. Like most people only get €0.20 per km since that is what an employer can compensate tax free. With an average one way commute in my country of 20km that’s only €8 a day for a round trip so about €160 a month.

Or a lot of people get a lease car from the company as a perk but then they don’t get compensated for their travel cost.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Why? It's no skin off anyone's back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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