Comment Re:Situation more complicated that it seems (Score 1) 794
I still think that is wrong. There is very little influence most workers have on the minimum time between stepping on the company grounds and actually starting to work. The distance to the workplace, the security systems and the time it takes to boot the computer are all determined by the employer. Why should a worker be responsible when the important decisions are all made by the employer? If you cannot start at an arbitrary time, IMO you should be paid from the latest moment where you can still make the shift. So if it takes at least 10 minutes from arriving at the company gate to being ready for work, you should also be paid for those 10 minutes before the shift starts (and the same at the end of the day).
The daily commute is different, because companies generally cannot reasonably alter their employees travel times in most cases, while employees can. So it is reasonable that employees are responsible for the time traveling to the company gate/door.