This is one of the dumbest ideas put forward here in quite a while. What is the actual purpose of it? To punish those working from home? To ensure fewer people take up cycling?
Ah, the old "good cop, bad cop" trick?The other monkeys pull him off and beat him.
Irrelevant to the issue as no one is forcing anyone to cycle to work . My neighbour is still cycling to work at 65, not a bother on him. I’m on my 50s and I have arthritis . Cycling is the recommenced exercise . I always have more energy for work when I cycle . Sleep better too .picture yourself cycling to work at 67yrs age with arthritic joints in lashing rain and when you get there you've no energy left to do your job
80% of Coronavirus transmission is person-to-person. The less people interact while we “live with the virus”, fewer people will contract the virus. The fewer people commute to the workplace the less the virus will spread.
The CMO re-iterated this yesterday.
People need to listen, to telecommute, to stay away from their workplaces if at all possible.
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I would rather see a system where the cost of bicycle repairs, servicing, upgrading etc was deductible against income tax.
Or you could tax the bejasus out of them if they do work, oh, hang on...If you want to discourage people from going to work, you need to target cars not bicycles.
Who decides if you are allowed to WFH or not? Your Job. They don't decide based on if you own a bicycle.
One thing has no connection with the other.
If you want to discourage people from going to work, you need to target cars not bicycles.
How many people who can work from home are now going into work? I don't know of any, though I'm sure there are some. I think the people on the road are the ones who were on the PUP but are now back in work.We’re in a pandemic, we need to discourage people from going to the workplace, again.
Interesting isn’t it. I’m always amazed how controversial cycling discussions get50 posts. By far the most popular thread in the first two pages of the Budget 2021 forum.
Whether people agree or disagree with me, it’s been a popular argument.
Anyone that I know that has gone back into the workplace has done so because their employer told them to...
Many people who had been telecommuting during the initial lockdown (ie March/April/May) are now commuting (walk/bike/car/bus/whatever) to their workplaces again. Given the pandemic, they should not be doing so. They are spending eight hours or so indoors with other people. Potentially spreading the Coronavirus and prolonging the crisis. If they WFH six months ago, they should be doing so now, and a tax incentive to do so should be stopped.
I think you need to read all the posts.
We’re in a pandemic, we need to discourage people from going to the workplace, again.
50 posts. By far the most popular thread in the first two pages of the Budget 2021 forum.
Whether people agree or disagree with me, it’s been a popular argument.
That is very interesting. I wouldn’t like to have an employer like those.
A friend of mine who is a public servant told me three months ago about the radical changes made to the office. Desks spaced out, Perspex screens, etc.
No “veal fattening pens” as Douglas Coupland describes them in Generation X.
The main reason, apart from Covid, was to avoid being sued for an unsafe workplace should someone get Covid in the office.
Those people you refer to could be in for a litigation lotto win...
‘It’s an ill wind blows no good!
I'm sure most employers who make such a request do so for sound commercial reasons.That is very interesting. I wouldn’t like to have an employer like those.
A friend of mine who is a public servant told me three months ago about the radical changes made to the office. Desks spaced out, Perspex screens, etc.
No “veal fattening pens” as Douglas Coupland describes them in Generation X.
The main reason, apart from Covid, was to avoid being sued for an unsafe workplace should someone get Covid in the office.
Those people you refer to could be in for a litigation lotto win...
‘It’s an ill wind blows no good!
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