Salary Linked Parking Charges

Guest101

agrinnall wrote: »

Definitely not in Switzerland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10960230

Should point out that in the UK fines are also linked to your salary

sangie595

Undervalued wrote: »

And where do you stop with that argument? Both the higher and lower paid employees have to pay the same for each gallon of petrol they put in their cars.

True. But spend some time at a petrol station and watch how people fill up. The better off fill the tank because it needs filling. The not so well off watch the dial until it gets to a certain amount - they can only afford so much and hope it lasts until they can next afford it. It also isn't fair that some people can't afford things that are deemed essentials by most of us, but that's life. If there are one or two very small concessions to this, then I think that's great.

And actually, tax credits work like this don't they? If you are better off you can't have them, if you aren't there's a sliding scale of benefit you can claim to help you which depends on your salary.

theoretica

Something which can be cheaper for less well paid roles is work clothing. The lower paid are provided uniforms, the higher paid need to buy their own suits.

Malthusian

theoretica wrote: »

Something which can be cheaper for less well paid roles is work clothing. The lower paid are provided uniforms, the higher paid need to buy their own suits.

Except that nowadays the lower paid have to buy their own uniforms due to minimum wage legislation.

xapprenticex

Undervalued wrote: »

And where do you stop with that argument? Both the higher and lower paid employees have to pay the same for each gallon of petrol they put in their cars.

What has petrol got to do with company policy. If NHS decide to have their own petrol station then maybe they would charge more. if it was a problem you could always park/fill-up elsewhere.

Undervalued

xapprenticex wrote: »

What has petrol got to do with company policy. If NHS decide to have their own petrol station then maybe they would charge more. if it was a problem you could always park/fill-up elsewhere.

The point I was making is that most expenses an employee incurs to get themselves to work do not vary according to their salary.

If an employer charges a lower paid employee less to use the car park then that is almost the same as paying them a little extra salary. Arguably it is also a taxable benefit.

Malthusian

Undervalued wrote: »

If an employer charges a lower paid employee less to use the car park then that is almost the same as paying them a little extra salary. Arguably it is also a taxable benefit.

No, not even arguably. Provision of parking facilities is a non-taxable benefit.

It's not paying them extra salary (as the people who cycle to work don't get a cash payment in lieu). It's just price discrimination, which is common and accepted practice (OAP concessions, NUS cards, more expensive holidays in half-term, etc). The NHS is perfectly free to charge what it wants to who it wants for parking. If you don't like it, park elsewhere.

Undervalued

Malthusian wrote: »

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It's not paying them extra salary (as the people who cycle to work don't get a cash payment in lieu). It's just price discrimination, which is common and accepted practice (OAP concessions, NUS cards, more expensive holidays in half-term, etc). The NHS is perfectly free to charge what it wants to who it wants for parking. If you don't like it, park elsewhere.

Which is exactly what I said right back in post No 3!