To not want DH to have to park our car in a place where cars have been vandalised/tax stolen on several occaisions in the past? Does anyone know anything about employees rights? Please help.

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Due to lack of space at DHs work, he has been told (and all the other service staff) he must park it off site to make more room. Down the end of a cycle track to be precise in a community centre car park. (Apparently his company has okayed this with them) The sales staff however, who have company cars of course, are allowed to continue parking on site as their cars are good 'demos' for the company.

Cars parked there in the past have had bonnets caved in, windscreens smashed, tax stolen and been keyed.

Our car is not worth an anwul lot but mome the less a good car and could also be a 'demo' for the company, if an old one.
Being keyed or having the bonnet smashed in will write it off, leaving us without a car for some weeks whilst waiting for a cheque and DH works over the other side of town so ideally needs a car to get there at a decent hour.

The insurance certificate stipulates 'office/factory carpark' for daytime and 'driveway' for evening etc. If the car gets caved in off site, where does that leave us?
Money is also very site, every pound is accounted for so a rise in premiums will bugger us up.

Does anyone know if they can do this? I am sure they probably can but it is terribly annoying, especially as not all empoyees have to do this and there is a verge with hard standing that belongs to the company they could use. This verge is used for other odd cars to park on too.

Thanks for reading if you still are and tell me what you think. DH says I should expect him home before 8.30 if he is made to park off site.

money is tight* even... a bit early for me!

I suppose it depends on the terms of his job. Did it come with the promise of parking in the original place? Where I work whilst there is room you can park in the car park but if there is building work or not enough spaces then you have to find your own parking on the road elsewhere.
People have been cheesed off but noone has questioned it. but then the job doesnt come with guaranteed parking in work car park.
Can he take public transport?

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No, the company has not offered to make the area safe, they have told them if their car gets damaged, which is not the company's problem, they shoud claim off thier insurance. I just think it's a bit off, that's all.

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I expect there is a sign in that car park, as well as the Company car park that states, 'vehicles are left at owners risk'. There's not alot you can do about it really. Yes, very annoying, but a either a change of journey to work or a change of job, is all you can do.

The company doesnt have to make any provisions for parking and they have no responsibility for employees cars.

If you dont want to park there, you could either park elsewhere and walk or use public transport.

Irritating but as everyone else has said, there is nothing saying a company is obliged to provide free, safe parking for employees. Presumably he doesn't have to park in the new place. His company could just say he can't park in the car park anymore, but actually they've been good enough to seek out and negotiate alternative parking.

And I would expect the company car insurance t&cs state the company cars must be parked in the company car park.

YABU - no one is forcing him to park there.

YAonlyNBU if bringing the car in is an essential part of his job, something that his employers expect him to do. If having his car at work is not part of his duties, then it is frankly not their problem how he gets to work. I don't expect my employers to take an interest in the running of the local bus company or the amount of dog poo on the pavement.

As far as the car insurance is concerned, if it's damaged and not in the place that the insurance company have been informed it is kept, then they are within their rights not to pay out. Can your dh make a case for a bit of extra dosh to cover the additional insurance costs?

Doesn't help you with the inconvenience of an insurance claim though, does it?! Is the company HR department aware of the damage that's been caused in the past? They may not be. I think if it was me, I'd make a case and see where it went. I'd consider alternative options for getting their or for parking the car and the implications for me financially and otherwise (work/life balance if public transport is going to take much longer, for example). And I'd have it all to hand when I approached HR.

lalaa what would your 'case' be, what would you be asking for? I only say because there isn't enough space for car parking in the company car park, so other than what they have done, difficult to see what else they could do.

And unless HR are responsible for car parking, don't approach them, approach line manager.

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Only read OP. Doubt that there is anything that your DH can do about this. I doubt very much that the contract of employment makes any provision over where employees park cars. If your insurance certificate states office/ factory carpark - then I would imagine that needs to be amended as otherwise it can bring any insurance claim into jeopardy.

Re. the sales staff - unfortunately that is the way it goes in most companies. Car park spaces are allocated to directors/ senior managers and sales staff since they are field based and a car is essential for them to fulfill the criteria of their job. Unfortunately for office based staff, this is not the same.