Employees not allowed to park in customer car park

Gavin83

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I really don't hold out much hope, as the Co. had the audacity to have chats over what they felt serious issues of parking out front of someone home (that was the issue) and 'bringing them in to disrepute' even though I wasn't always guilty I was told to just go park at Tesco in the end, alas, they have signs that after more than 3 hours you face fines galore with camera's, it's an hour and a half restriction at the cheaper end of supermarket!

In those circumstances I'd politely be telling the employer where to go. They have no right to dictate where you can park outside of their own land.

kazzah wrote: »

and then her employers XYZ Bakery after a couple of years decide that staff cannot now park in the customers car park because it gets too full and Jane then has to park elsewhere and fears for her personal safety as a lone worker going into work at an unsociable hour and as such feels she has no alternative other than to resign if no reasonable adjustment can be made- then possibly she could argue constructive dismissal

Also I do feel her employers would and should be responsible if anything happened to her whilst travelling into work because of the change of parking arrangements

She'd lose. The employer is under no obligation to provide parking and are in no way responsible for the employee getting to work.

Still, question to the OP. What reasons have they given? If the car park is truly never full I see no reason to do this. It's to the advantage of the employer to have their employees parking there.

I have worked in retail previously and they had no issue with staff parking in the car park, even when it was busy.

Takeaway_Addict

Gavin83 wrote: »

In those circumstances I'd politely be telling the employer where to go. They have no right to dictate where you can park outside of their own land.



She'd lose. The employer is under no obligation to provide parking and are in no way responsible for the employee getting to work.

Still, question to the OP. What reasons have they given? If the car park is truly never full I see no reason to do this. It's to the advantage of the employer to have their employees parking there.

I have worked in retail previously and they had no issue with staff parking in the car park, even when it was busy.

OP doesn't seem to want to answer this question...

bakerlad1983

How does the company know its your car in the car park? Do they have any cameras or restrictions? Where do the managers park?

These would be questions I would be asking

[Deleted User]

bakerlad1983 wrote: »

How does the company know its your car in the car park? Do they have any cameras or restrictions? Where do the managers park?

These would be questions I would be asking

They wouldn't necessarily know your car but people at work and managers too, do get to know who drives what over time etc. Especially when the only cars in the car park early morning and late night are staff cars.

Managers aren't allowed to park in it now either.

Nada666

bakerlad1983 wrote: »

How does the company know its your car in the car park?

The clue is probably the person who drives the car into the park and who then steps out of it. Of course, could claim it's your twin who works elsewhere. Or a doppelgänger.

martinsurrey

After reading this thread I asked my manager to pick me up form home and take me to the office to make sure I got there safely, I mentioned human rights, he mentioned the dole que, I drove myself in this morning...

Unless the parking is contractural, there is nothing that Lee can do.

Undervalued

Gavin83 wrote: »

In those circumstances I'd politely be telling the employer where to go. They have no right to dictate where you can park outside of their own land.

Yes they do. If the employee's behaviour is bringing the company into disrepute or costing it business (which could easily happen if employees parking offends local residents) the company can introduce a rule restricting where an employee can park during working hours.

I know of plenty of examples, including one right on my doorstep, where this happens.

RichardD1970

Gavin83 wrote: »

In those circumstances I'd politely be telling the employer where to go. They have no right to dictate where you can park outside of their own land.

See my post #6.

This is a very large multi-billion, multi-national company with a proper full legal department, employing 1000's of people with a nearly 100% union membership.

It is highly unlikely that they would carry out the actions described in my post (which were backed by the Union) if they had no right to do so.

Polarbeary

I used to work a City centre hospital, they had a problem with staff being attacked as they came off late shifts. They added more lighting and security patrols and their staff recruitment and retention issues stopped.

Employers do have a duty of care.

Gavin83

Undervalued wrote: »

Yes they do. If the employee's behaviour is bringing the company into disrepute or costing it business (which could easily happen if employees parking offends local residents) the company can introduce a rule restricting where an employee can park during working hours.

I know of plenty of examples, including one right on my doorstep, where this happens.

It's all well and good saying the action brings the company into disrepute but is this the case even if the complaint is completely unreasonable?

Where do you draw the line? If someone is environmentally friendly and complains the employees own cars at all should the company ban all their employees from owning one? Or maybe if a local resident doesn't like people with blonde hair they could request all staff dye their hair.

At the end of the day a request has to be reasonable. The local residents don't (generally) own the road outside their house and therefore have no more right to dictate who parks there than the person parking.