I would say that this is more of an HR query. My experience is that if you don't go to work you will not be paid.I dont know that an employee can refuse to go to work and guess that they could be disciplened. In which case a mitigating factor may well be inclement whether. The difficulty arises when some employees get to work and others do not.

Does your employer have other sites that you could reach? It would be worthwhile for the employer in conjunction with the employees to develop a protocol covering this subject.

Yes you do have the right to refuse to go to work, but the employer may take action against you for failing to comply with your contract of employment (even sack you). No one can make you do something you don't want to do that's called freedom of choice, remember though he can act the same way and tell you you are no longer employed by him. That's the law of England. However, any reasonable employer would take a more prgmatic view and make some allowances due to serious dangerous travel conditions but can still refuse to pay you. Bad weather is not an excuse to take time off work, particularly when the possibility of just taking time off because it is Christams.

It really would be worth tracking down the other topic to save too much repetition. Although I would agree that HASAWA and DOC does not in most circumstances apply to the commute, could I again though the Produce Connection spanner in?