claiming travel time as overtime?

[freeindeed]

I have been sent out to a rural office this week, it takes me an extra 25mins each way from my usual place of work. I know i can claim the fuel, but can I claim the extra 50 mins per day as overtime?

Thanks.

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

I have been sent out to a rural office this week, it takes me an extra 25mins each way from my usual place of work. I know i can claim the fuel, but can I claim the extra 50 mins per day as overtime?

Thanks.

you would need to get your dom to agree to pay you for the OT for the travel time, if he wont simply turn up at your own DO at your normal start time and ask for transport or a van to get you to the other DO and same to get you back to your do so as you can finish at your normal finish time in your own DO

Also as your seem to be using your own car, have you changed your insurance policy to include personal business use? which would be in addition to the commuting part which you should already have in your policy

[Himaggen]

Two ways to look at it.

1. You start at your usual start time at your usual work place and finish at your usual work place at your usual finish time, travelling between both work places only in Royal Mail approved transportation.
   You do not claim overtime
2. You start at your usual work place 25 minutes prior to the agreed time of attendance at the rural office. You travel using Royal Mail approved transportation to that office, undertake your agreed work and return to your usual work place, (also in Royal Mail approved transportation).
   You book all hours between start and end.

Simple discussion with Manager, if you are not paying me travel time, I will be adopting 1.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Actually I would say definitely claim it as overtime, but as ZX says make sure the DOM agrees. The agreements states that you should start and finish at your DO in normal duty time, which in effect means they are paying you during your traveling time. If you go over with permission then you should still be paid for the travel time.

[Hitcher]

You also need business insurance if you're using your own car to get to the other office as your insurance will only cover you driving to your usual place of work.

[coxie]

You are entitled to turn up at your own office, however if you don't mind driving to work there as you would drive to your own office then you can claim mileage expenses, you might be able to reach and agreement with your dom that you take it as overtime but the official procedure is that you claim mileage which I think is 45p per mile starting from your own office. If you claim the mileage then I think you travel in your own time which means you get up a bit earlier. If you don't want to do that and want Royal Mail to transport you and claim nothing then turn up at your own office for your start time.