Meadowhall shopping centre POPLA Appeal CPPlus

The_Deep

Hardly hijacking, this is a polite request for information.

RobinofLoxley

The_Deep wrote: »

Hardly hijacking, this is a polite request for information.

I agree, he's not hijacking, there's no need to get all 'uppity'

Pinklady0805

Hi, yes l agree with robinofloxley above, as soon as my decision comes through I'll gladly post it up for you to read.

Pinklady0805

Yes robin ive submitted my evidence pack, popla confirmed to me that they have received it too so just got to play the waiting game now :-/ fingers crossed

Half_way

The area that they designated us is not big enough for all the staff members to actually get a space and the area used is a good 15 minute walk away. The area is dark and not seen as a safe area for us to be walking to and from alone. There as been incidences in this area of Women/girls getting approached by strange men, vehicle's getting damaged and staff members injured due to trips and falls on the rubble surface of the car park.

How were these issues addressed when your employer carried out a risk assessment on the new car park arrangement?
How are other colleague's with mobility issues taken into consideration?

Pinklady0805

I don't believe our employer has done a risk assessment, meadowhall did one and said it was fine lol! Colleague's with mobility issues are having a right fight at the minute because meadowhall have taken there dispensation's off them and they are struggling to make the walk. Meadowhall are refusing to take any doctors letters now. Some older staff are leaving as they just can't do it! My pregnant friend was told she could have a dispensation when she got to her last stages in pregnancy but they haven't do it looking like she going to have to go on maternity early.

As anyone got any recommendations on unions please? We're not sure who to use but think we need one.

Coupon-mad

A special 'Disability Risk Assessment' should have been done to consider the specific needs of colleagues with a medical condition (nothing to do with Blue Badges, people do not have to have a permit to be considered disabled - just a long term 12 month continuing condition/difficulty that would make such a trek harder work for them).

The disabled, ill elderly and pregnant colleagues should get in touch with the EHRC for advice:

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/know-your-rights

It is 'discrimination' to treat everyone the same, even though plenty of firms don't realise it.

Pinklady0805

Thank you Coupon-mad.

Cp plus have sent emails saying that they will not supply Popla codes to us now as our employers has confirmed we were working on the days in question And that they have images of who was driving, are they just trying to scare us into paying because they can't do this can they?

Coupon-mad

The colleague (or more than one, ideally) who got that email should send them to the BPA and DVLA if CP Plus are denying POPLA codes when the person HAS appealed in time to get one. CP Plus can deny a POPLA code only if the person appealed too late, more than 28 days after the postal NTK. They MUST otherwise supply POPLA codes.

aos@britishparking.co.uk

and

david.dunford@dvla.gsi.gov.uk

They MUST allow a keeper a POPLA code in particular, because it's not just about whether the driver breached terms, it is also about allowing a keeper to appeal (as is their right) and of course the keepers can win on 'no keeper liability' every time...

And, bottom line, who is to say that the worker wasn't just a passenger of their husband or wife who was genuinely there to shop that day? Where's the evidence? The burden is CP Plus' and the colleagues need to know NOT to give such info away or assume they are stuffed. They are not.

Also, those colleagues where it seems CP Plus have been given private, unauthorised (by the employee) information from Meadowhall about whether a driver was working or not, should urgently complain online to the Information Commissioner, about misuse of their private data (work records) by Meadowhall. So it seems Meadowhall have handed over information about work shifts without the agreement of the employee, to a third party who are not entitled to that information, as I see it.

ICO complaints are simple to do online, focus that complaint on the MISUSE OF DATA (work records) being shared with a third party without lawful reason. And unlike the BPA & DVLA complaints which must come from the keeper/appellant, the ICO complaint MUST come from the person whose data it is, which might not be the same person as complains to the BPA and DVLA.

RobinofLoxley

I'm astounded that CP Plus have said in emails to keepers they won't allow the keeper to appeal at POPLA.

As Coupon-mad says offering a keeper to appeal at POPLA is one of the fundamental requirements of being a member of the BPA's AOS.

I agree C-m that a strong complaint to the BPA is necessary. Though seeing as Grahame Rose a director of and employed as 'Director of Development' at CP Plus is also on the board of the BPA. Can you see the BPA investigating?