Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
home base
English answer:
the company premises designated as the employee's home base
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Jul 21, 2010 22:07
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home base
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Law/Patents
Human Resources
Disciplinary procedure
Disciplinary procedure in a company. One of the points in the list of gross misconduct:
Dishonesty in reporting or misleading the company of the whereabouts of the employee during normal working hours, that is not carrying out duties where employee is employed to visit customers, conduct field sales calls or where employee commences working day from home base and fails to do this.
Is it possible that "home base" in this context means working from home?
Dishonesty in reporting or misleading the company of the whereabouts of the employee during normal working hours, that is not carrying out duties where employee is employed to visit customers, conduct field sales calls or where employee commences working day from home base and fails to do this.
Is it possible that "home base" in this context means working from home?
Responses
| 4 +1 | the company premises designated as the employee's home base |
B D Finch
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| 4 +2 | you are correct |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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Jul 28, 2010 20:21: B D Finch Created KOG entry
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the company premises designated as the employee's home base
For example, a company might have several sites/offices in various towns and the employee might visit several in the course of their work, but be expected to start the day at their home base. Their travel costs and working time will be calculated on that basis. Note that in the UK the cost of travel to the workplace from home is not tax deductible.
" .... accrue to employees under their respective terms of employment. ... to the Agency are funded by the employee's home-base department. ..."
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2008-2009/inst/npa/npa03-eng.asp
Not to be confused with "home-based" employment, when the employee works from home - though many job ads seem to make that error!
".(The flat rate accommodation allowance is £25 for each night away from the employee's home base. Under Inland Revenue rules, this latter allowance is ..."
www.mhuf.co.uk/policies/Travel and Subsistence.doc
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"that an employee's home base is the place from which he leaves at the start of the work period and/or returns to at the end of the ..."
caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1176566.html -
"For an employee who does not have a fixed worksite, such as a truck driver, construction worker, or sales representative, the location used to determine eligibility is the one which is considered the employee’s “home base,” i.e., the employer office or facility from which the employee’s work is assigned, or the location to which the employee reports. "
http://www.ppspublishers.com/articles/FMLAeligibility.htm
"For travel to Canberra if it is not the Employee's home base: ... If an Employee's home base is neither Canberra nor the home base of the employing Office ..."
www.finance.gov.au/Publications/mops.../2007_pm_1.html -
" .... accrue to employees under their respective terms of employment. ... to the Agency are funded by the employee's home-base department. ..."
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2008-2009/inst/npa/npa03-eng.asp
Not to be confused with "home-based" employment, when the employee works from home - though many job ads seem to make that error!
".(The flat rate accommodation allowance is £25 for each night away from the employee's home base. Under Inland Revenue rules, this latter allowance is ..."
www.mhuf.co.uk/policies/Travel and Subsistence.doc
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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-07-22 13:06:30 GMT)
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"that an employee's home base is the place from which he leaves at the start of the work period and/or returns to at the end of the ..."
caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1176566.html -
"For an employee who does not have a fixed worksite, such as a truck driver, construction worker, or sales representative, the location used to determine eligibility is the one which is considered the employee’s “home base,” i.e., the employer office or facility from which the employee’s work is assigned, or the location to which the employee reports. "
http://www.ppspublishers.com/articles/FMLAeligibility.htm
"For travel to Canberra if it is not the Employee's home base: ... If an Employee's home base is neither Canberra nor the home base of the employing Office ..."
www.finance.gov.au/Publications/mops.../2007_pm_1.html -
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Veronika McLaren
: it is not really clear that home is home ("fails to do this"?)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much. I believe this explanation suits my context better."
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2 mins
you are correct
That is how I read it (salesmen, etc.)
Note from asker:
| Thanks a million for your help, Jenni! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Hollywood
: yep and np about the points Jenni :) ok ok no worries and, as you say, all the entries aren't in yet :)
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I'm serious- the points are yours or I owe you a beer, but not all the entries have been gathered in...
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| agree |
Rolf Keiser
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Thanks, Rolf. Here in the balmy south a cool breeze - there is no explaining it!
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Reference comments
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David Hollywood
Native in English
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English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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Reference:
you're absolutely right ... means working from home ....
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Directory of home based franchise opportunities and work from home businesses. Search our franchise and business directory as the first step to starting a ...
www.homebasedfranchises.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 5 mins (2010-07-21 22:13:13 GMT)
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this arragement is faily common with translators employed by international organizations ... the translator is on the payroll (not freelancing) but is allowed to work from home ... and this modus operandi also applies to other activities and professions ...
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-07-21 22:15:41 GMT)
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I should just add that the employee has to show up at the office too ... it doesn't mean that they work from home all the time ...
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-07-21 22:33:31 GMT)
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oops ... should read "fairly" common ...
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Note added at 2 mins (2010-07-21 22:10:23 GMT)
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Directory of home based franchise opportunities and work from home businesses. Search our franchise and business directory as the first step to starting a ...
www.homebasedfranchises.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 5 mins (2010-07-21 22:13:13 GMT)
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this arragement is faily common with translators employed by international organizations ... the translator is on the payroll (not freelancing) but is allowed to work from home ... and this modus operandi also applies to other activities and professions ...
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-07-21 22:15:41 GMT)
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I should just add that the employee has to show up at the office too ... it doesn't mean that they work from home all the time ...
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-07-21 22:33:31 GMT)
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oops ... should read "fairly" common ...
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