If all crew were declared employees, as they should be, then much of this blah blah would disappear. Commuting is not positioning. One is at the choice of the pilot the other at the company. If you are correctly given employee status then any positioning away from base would have to be rostered, organised & ticketed. Rules would followed for both duty times & use of ID's.
What the commuters do is another issue entirely. Personally, if you had to choose between various issues to resolve I would recommend that of employee should top the list.