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Can companies make employees share hotel rooms?

Can companies make employees share hotel rooms?

There is no law prohibiting employers from requiring employees on business travel to share a hotel room. While a small number of employees may be comfortable sharing a room, a room-sharing policy could create ill will between co-workers.

Do you have to pay for accommodation for employees?

You can’t directly pay an employee in accommodation only. Payment for work must be in money. However, employers can arrange accommodation for their employees and deduct the cost from their wages if agreed. This rental agreement must be in writing in either:

How much does the average hotel employee get paid?

The average employee receives £8.15 per hour, which is over £4 per hour less than the average employee in the economy as a whole. Over half of the employees in the accommodation sector are paid below the real Living Wage, with the percentage of employees not paid the real Living Wage rising among certain groups.

Why is the pay in the hotel industry so low?

Pay in the industry is so low that over half of employees in the industry earn below the real Living Wage, with the number of employees not earning a living wage higher among: Low pay, long hours and abuses of power such as sexual harassment are rife in the industry.

How are workers treated in the hotel industry?

Low pay, long hours and abuses of power such as sexual harassment are rife in the industry. In the words of one worker, ‘they treat us like machines’. This report is the first of two reports looking at the hotel sector. This report will focus on pay. The second, to be published in early 2019, will look at how workers are treated while at work.

When to pay for employees to stay at hotels?

Sometimes it is not convenient or efficient for employees to go to their homes at night and return to work the next day. Instead, an employer might decide to pay for employees to stay at a local hotel or other nearby lodging.

How to determine local lodging provided to an employee?

The meeting starts each day with breakfast at 7 a.m. and concludes with dinner and networking until about 10 p.m. Because of the long days, the employer pays for the Chicago employee to stay at the hotel. Are the lodging expenses paid by the employer taxable to the employee for federal income tax purposes?

Can a employer exclude local lodging from income?

Suppose all the conditions of the safe harbor are not met, which is likely since the employer does not require the employee to stay at the hotel. This does not mean that the lodging cannot be excluded from the employee’s income.

Can a company deduct the cost of a hotel for its employees?

Acme pays for the cost of the hotel. Acme need not include in its employees’ compensation the cost of the hotel, and it may deduct the cost as its own business expense. The safe harbor test only applies to local lodging of five days or less.