yes in the UK
Employees SHOULD be paid for mandatory meetings. If an employer calls for a mandatory meeting on an employee's day off, or not during his scheduled shift, it should be considered the same as being called in to work. Said employee has to give up his time as well as transportation costs to attend the meeting for which the employer can reprimand or retaliate, if the employee does not attend (mandatory meetings only). Thus, if an employer calls you in to a "mandatory" meeting, you should be REQUIRED to clock in. This protects the employer as well as compensates the employee for cost of transportation and giving up his free time.
There is no such requirement by law but for employee relations you might attend, the decision will be yours as the employer.
If a Section 12 independent medical exam is requested by the employer, travel expense is supposed to be advanced before attending the exam. If a worker also has a lost day's wages to attend the exam or 1/2 a day's wages lost, then the workers comp act provides for reimbursement of the lost wages or partial lost wages. An employer is not required to pay lost wages to attend a treating doctor's visit appointment. That is normally to be scheduled for off work hours.
If the trip is solely for business purposes e.g. a conference that the employee would otherwise not need to attend.
No, it is generally not acceptable for an employer to require employees to pay for mandated anger management classes. The cost of such classes would typically be considered a business expense and therefore the responsibility of the employer to cover.
If your employer directs you to do so, and on company time or you're being reimbursed for it, yes.
If you are on company time, get permission from your supervisor
YES
An employer has to pay for the time spent by employees at any mandatory meeting. Whenever an employer is making use of your time, you are entitled to be paid for your time. To any employer who does not like the idea of paying an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting, my suggestion would be to keep the meeting short. It does not necessarily require a lengthy meeting to discipline people.
A gift is not required, but a nice card should be sent.
Yes, if it is possible for them to attend mass when travelling, then they should do so. It is only if they are somewhere where there is no mass available, that they can miss mass.
my husband is a salaried employee and works an average of 65+ hours a week. Every other week he works 6 days which adds to that time. He is having to take 3 days off work in order to attend a custody hearing. Can his employer deduct this from his salary? Is that legal?