New manager wants to change my agreed terms and conditions after 10 years

[secret999]

I have worked for the same company now for 10 years, recently my manager moved on and another person took his place. I work in a different company as a representative 40 miles from where I live. Due to the cost of fuel and parking at my workplace it was agreed by my company that I get a lift in with one of the drivers (as they have to go the same way first thing in the morning). everything seemed to be going well until last week, when my new manager said that he wants me to drive in from now on.

My questions are:
1.Can he do this after 10 years of routinely doing the same thing day in day out.
2.Do I have any rights at all since I have been with the company for 10 years?

[4getmenot]

are you paying any money at all towards cost of the fuel?

[secret999]

If I stay at my job I am going to have to pay around £50-£60 a week plus the extra services of the car. It seems very unfair.

[squarebear]

Do you currently give the driver who gives you a lift any money towards his expenses?

[secret999]

The driver (who works for the same company) is a friend of mind I get in early and help him load up the van, because the company I work in is his first drop, he has always said "I have to go there anyway, makes no difference to me" so I stopped offering as he would nt take anything except a bacon buttie at the end of the week.

[squarebear]

The reason I asked is that I was wondering if the driver thought you were taking liberties and asked the manager to have a word but it doesn't sound like it.

To be honest, as long as you get to work on time, I don't see why the manager is bothered if you get a lift, drive there or fly there in a private helicopter!

[secret999]

Oh I see, the reason my manager has said that he wants me drive in is because we are getting to work at 09:30 and he wants me to start at 08:30

[squarebear]

Oh in that case, I think he has a point. If I turned up an hour late every day, I guess my manager wouldn't be too happy either.

[ummmm]

If you're suppose to start at 8.30 then I don't blame him.

[secret999]

My question is though do I have any rights after 10+ years at work, I have been told by some that your standard of practice after 5 years is added to your terms and conditions?

[ummmm]

What does your contract say?

[squarebear]

Not sure where you heard that from but I can't see that is correct. You have managed to get away with an extra hour a day, due to the goodwill of your old manager. This doesn't apply to any future managers, who will quite rightly expect you to work your contracted hours..

[secret999]

I will have to check my contract and see what it says, I have been doing these hours since I first started many moons ago, therefore, I never thought anything different.

[dzug2]

Have you been paying tax on a benefit in kind (Transport to work)?

Maybe the new manager has picked up on that and is worried about the firm's liability

[factor-fiction]

I don't understand the significance of the word 'different' when you said "I work in a different company "

[pink-kittens]

Even if this formed part of your contract, your company can change it at any time with as long as they follow the correct procedure.

Do you get any extra payment/wages for this extra hour?
I am assuming that you are travelling in a works vehicle to travel to the drivers load up point and then onto where you work

[dzug2]

Factor30 - I suspect what he means is that the company he is employed by provides support to another company and that he works on the second company's premises on a permanent basis. Quite a common arrangement in IT and quite a few other industries.

[joko]

unless it affects you being in work at the correct and expected time, he has no right to tell you how to get to work...its none of his business, as it is your own time...you could travel in on a unicycle if you wanted...nothing to do with him...

[squarebear]

This is the issue though joko.

As I understand it, he gets to work an hour later than he should. His previous manger wasn't bothered by it but his new manager expects him (not unreasonably) to come into work on time.