Is it legal for Barclays to force me to bank with them because i work for them?

simax

Don't be daft!

If you really must know, the two main reasons are:

1) It's incredibly poor value if you call other networks (I'd end up paying £48 if I used 600 mins x-net)

2) No signal at home since a new building went up in the local area a few years back.

Rupert_Bear

fialko wrote: »

I have an account elsewhere i am more than happy with (and get interest) but Barclays will not let me have my salary paid into that account! I have to wait for my salary to be paid into an account i dont want then transfer it to my own account every month.

They say this is policy for all new staff members going back around 2 or 3 yrs now.

This does also mean staff who have worked for them longer than this dont have to bank with them so surely this would come under the equality and diversity policy anyway

Thanks for any advice

A long while ago Barclays tried to pull the same trick on me. Went for the interview and everything seemed to go well. However I was advised I had to bank with them. I refused to do so and was never offered a job.

Inactive

Rupert_Bear wrote: »

A long while ago Barclays tried to pull the same trick on me. Went for the interview and everything seemed to go well. However I was advised I had to bank with them. I refused to do so and was never offered a job.

Good for you, I think that it is outrageous that banks get away with this.

Clearly a breach of the rights of the individual.

I would think that if it was challenged seriously in the courts, it would be seen as a breach of Human Rights.

eleanora_

I used to work for Co-operative Financial Services, and they had this policy - as I bank online, it was always easy to switch my salary out of my staff account to my normal current account. Pretty much everyone I worked with did the same. Staff accounts keep costs down for the employer, and although some people seem to be seeing the whole idea of staff accounts as a restriction on civil liberties, it's so easy to keep your financial dealings separate from your employer that I fail to see where the issue is.

Inactive

eleanora_ wrote: »

I used to work for Co-operative Financial Services, and they had this policy - as I bank online, it was always easy to switch my salary out of my staff account to my normal current account. Pretty much everyone I worked with did the same. Staff accounts keep costs down for the employer, and although some people seem to be seeing the whole idea of staff accounts as a restriction on civil liberties, it's so easy to keep your financial dealings separate from your employer that I fail to see where the issue is.

It is about freedom of choice.

lvader

Inactive wrote: »

It is about freedom of choice.

Yes, you have the choice not to bank with them and Barclays have the choice not to employ you, I can't see where the problem lies.

Inactive

lvader wrote: »

Yes, you have the choice not to bank with them and Barclays have the choice not to employ you, I can't see where the problem lies.

So you apply for a job at say Ford Motor's, they say you can only have a job with us if you drive a Ford car, you say, but I like my Honda and I want to keep driving it....sorry no job.

This imposition by the banks clearly breaches the Human Rights of potential and existing employees.

zppp

Inactive wrote: »

So you apply for a job at say Ford Motor's, they say you can only have a job with us if you drive a Ford car, you say, but I like my Honda and I want to keep driving it....sorry no job.

This imposition by the banks clearly breaches the Human Rights of potential and existing employees.

What articles of the Human Rights Act does this policy contravene?

EarthBoy

zppp wrote: »

What articles of the Human Rights Act does this policy contravene?

None of them. It's only like a bank insisting an employee wear the staff uniform, but the employee protesting that they prefer to wear their own clothes instead. If you don't like the rules, then don't take the job.

As others have mentioned, it's dead easy to transfer the money out of your staff account to an account with a different bank, so I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

eleanora_

Inactive wrote: »

So you apply for a job at say Ford Motor's, they say you can only have a job with us if you drive a Ford car, you say, but I like my Honda and I want to keep driving it....sorry no job.

This imposition by the banks clearly breaches the Human Rights of potential and existing employees.

Under the HRA 1998, your human rights are:

• the right to life
• freedom from torture and degrading treatment
• freedom from slavery and forced labour
• the right to liberty
• the right to a fair trial
• the right not to be punished for something that wasn't a crime when you did it
• the right to respect for private and family life
• freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and freedom to express your beliefs
• freedom of expression
• freedom of assembly and association
• the right to marry and to start a family
• the right not to be discriminated against in respect of these rights and freedoms
• the right to peaceful enjoyment of your property
• the right to an education
• the right to participate in free elections
• the right not to be subjected to the death penalty

(copied from the Directgov website)


Which of these is breached by staff bank accounts, exactly?