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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] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Now Alice and Bob both live 10 miles away. Alice drives a GMC Yukon Denali and Bob rides his bicycle. Since Alice's commute is more expensive, should she be compensated at a higher rate than Bob?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

No, they both get compensated for 10 miles and if they bring proof of purchasing a transit pass for the month a percentage reimbursement

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No, that's Alice's problem.

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

In my country the cap is at 12 km I think. So within that distance from work no one gets compensation. Beyond that distance, everyone can get compensation. Motorcycle, car, and train get the same per km compensation, and bike/moped/scooter get a slightly lower ammount. If you have to travel over 60 km (one way) the per km ammount goes up.

Compensation is normally in the form of a tax deduction, but some companies have their own compensation schemes where they pay you for travel. If you get paid this way there's no tax.

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

You know nobody considers Denmark (or any other northern European countries) as a sample that can be imitated by the rest of the world. We have super politicians who think about flying cars, they're projected into the impossible future