[prasadjoglekar]

No, but it's fair for a company to mandate some minimum level of behavior that reflects a baseline of values. A cable company I worked for had fewer holidays than most other companies, even for their corporate employees. The rationale was that if the line cable installer or phone rep was schlepping in to work, then so should the marketing guy.

[Turskarama]

This is ridiculous, we already have a way of making up for differing work conditions, it's called pay.

If you think it's "unfair" that some people have to commute into work then pay them accordingly.

[andyfos]

It seems, however, that the idea of a pay rise is often the last resort for employers, no matter the circumstance.

[UncleMeat]

And nobody looked at that and said "wait... why not just give holidays to these folks too?"