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Originally Posted by lukares  What is the common practice concerning reimbursement of travel expenses to the place of locum's work? Is it calculated upon receipts/invoices from a filling station? Or is it simply one of the components of locum's hourly rate (which is approx. 25-30 pounds, right?)? I've heard that it might be, for instance, 40p per mile. Can someone confirm it?
Is the time of travel included in the working hours? I mean, when you drive 2 hours TO a pharmacy, work there 9 hours, and drive another 2 hours FROM the pharmacy - are you paid for 9, or 13 hours?
And finally: do you need to have your own vehicle, or is there a possibility of being provided with a company car? |
I am just paid by the mile. One big chain even takes off the first 40 miles, so it's not even worth travelling any more. A couple of years ago some companies paid you two hours pay, plus 40p per mile for travelling, but I'm personally finding that cheap imports are taking over.
The first company I worked for (only had 8 shops) provided all the store managers with a company car, but I've never heard of that since. The only people I know now that have company cars are area managers, and they spend half their working day driving round in them. So I'd say yes, you need your own car.