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[Clur]

My work is 'temporarily' relocating (though I suspect it'll be a permanent move), and I'll go from a 20 min commute by car to just over an hour by train - it's a 30 mile trip as opposed to a 6 mile one (one way).

 

The main reason I moved from my last job was to be closer to home, so it's not ideal but I'm happy to be a bit flexible. The one thing it does mean is that I will be out of pocket due to travel expenses to the tune of 200-300 per month (when I took a pay cut anyway so I could work locally).

 

Does anyone know if the company should be offering any money with regards to relocation if the move turns out to be permanent? I've not been able to find out so far, and obviously it's not in my company's interest to tell me if it's meant to pay for any (reasonable) expenses due to relocation.

 

I'll take the hit financially if it's a temporary thing and we end up moving back to the local area, but I couldn't afford to do this long-term.

 

Thanks in advance any HR gurus!!!

[redfrock]

I beleive that they tend to offer 'mileage' for a set length of time. For my mum it was 2 years, for my boss it was one year. Our office will be relocating at somepoint and I guess we shall have something similar put in plce. I'm not sure whether they 'have to' though. I'll leave that to someone who knows about these things!

[Lynn]

Hi there,

 

Unfortunately companies are not obliged to compensate. They may offer something initially (for the temporary move), if you are lucky, but they are not relocating to another part of the country, so it isn't like offering relocation fees. They may however, if they don't already, offer interest free loans, which may help the financial side, although it doesn't help you with the extra journey each day.

 

Your contract may also state something about location of where you work - I know mine does (but I do work for a law firm ) and this states that if they move office, they will give adequate notice - I assume that means if they move to Manchester from London, we can either decide to move with them or leave!!!

[Clur]

Thanks Lynn, I was afraid of that.

 

Feeling a bit pig sick that the only reason I left my last company was to work closer to home and see more of the children. It's why I was prepared to take a pay cut and lose my company car and petrol expenses

 

As I do the school run in the morning, it means not getting to the office until late morning and not leaving till the evening....all semblance of the family life I've regained by working close to home, I can wave good-bye to!

 

Guess I'll have to bide my time and see if this is temporary or not...if not, does anyone want a senior marketing manager? I make good cups of tea and I provide biccies to dunk!