Parking at work and leg ulcers

Flugelhorn

I think blue badge is self assessment - you just how far you can walk

Undervalued

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82036706#Comment_82036706

The company only has to make reasonable adjustments IF the OP's condition amounts to a disability for employment law purposes. Parking close to the building MIGHT be such an adjustment depending on practicalities and any costs involved. It is not unreasonable for the company to require some proof of the illness and an expert opinion of what reasonable adjustment(s) would help.

molerat

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82037047#Comment_82037047

OP states that the employer's OH dept has provided a report

I spoke to occupational health who supplied a report saying I would likely be classed as disabled and would benefit from such a parking
space.

Undervalued

Yes, but that is only one opinion. The employer could choose to ignore it and / or seek other expert advice. If they dig their heels in only an employment tribunal can decide if there is a disability and, if so, what adjustments would be reasonable.

molerat

Does make you wonder though why they bother employing occupational health professionals.

teaselMay

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82037000#Comment_82037000

It's not really self assessment, either passported to entitlement via a benefit (eg specific severity criteria within PIP and DLA) which involve being assessed, via being severely visually impaired, or via requesting consideration because you meet the other criteria which requires medical evidence and often an assessment:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blue-badge-can-i-get-one/can-i-get-a-blue-badge

People who may get a Blue Badge

You may be eligible for a badge if one or more of the following applies:

• you cannot walk at all
• you cannot walk without help from someone else or using mobility aids
• you find walking very difficult due to pain, breathlessness or the time it takes
• walking is dangerous to your health and safety
• you have a life limiting illness, which means you cannot walk or find walking very difficult and have a SR1 form
• you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines
• you have a child under the age of 3 with a medical condition that means the child always needs to be accompanied by bulky medical equipment
• you have a child under the age of 3 with a medical condition that means the child must always be kept near a vehicle in case they need emergency medical treatment
• you are constantly a significant risk to yourself or others near vehicles, in traffic or car parks
• you struggle severely to plan or follow a journey
• you find it difficult or impossible to control your actions and lack awareness of the impact you could have on others
• you regularly have intense and overwhelming responses to situations causing temporary loss of behavioural control
• you frequently become extremely anxious or fearful of public/open spaces

Flugelhorn

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82037278#Comment_82037278

fair enough! as a GP I used to get asked by people about getting a blue badge and it was assumed that we were contacted about it - I told people that it was between them and the council - I did a few appeal letters which usually worked (after I explained to the ranting patient that the decision to refuse them the badge was nothing to do with me!)

ohreallƳ

It would ultimately be an employment tribunal that would make a ruling on whether or not you class as disabled.

Tabieth

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82037047#Comment_82037047

The .gov.uk guidance mentions disabilities and health conditions. Certainly where I’ve worked (NHS, Local Authority) the issue was not if the person had a disability or not. It was if the adjustment was reasonable or not.

Andy_L

"if they could provide parking close to where I work as I may have to park 300m away"

What is actually possible?

Is it a factory with a big car park but the spots close to the building are reserved for top brass? In which case reserving one closer for you is quite possible.

Do they have no parking at all, and everyone parks on street & its yellow lines until your 300m away? In which case they can do nothing