Nanny gets parking ticket, who pays?

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Have name changed for this but am regular on MN and this forum, won't for the moment say if I'm the nanny or the employer as I'd like to get unbiased opinions!

As part of job nanny uses own car (mileage paid) to drop child at preschool. At start of job told by employer that it is fine to park on yellow line outside preschool as only enforced for one hour per day which isn't pickup or dropoff time. Nanny has instead regularly been parking on pay and display next to yellow line, which is marked as being enforced 9-5 under the impression that she will get a few minutes grace as dropping off. Others who drop off at nursery seem to park there and gets away with it until today when they all, nanny included, get a ticket. Nanny thinks employer should pay. Employer thinks nanny should pay. Compromise reached that employer gives nanny half the cost of the parking ticket.

Opinions please! Can't think of any other relevant info but do ask......

50/50 sounds reasonable as a, Nanny should have used her own judgement and parked legally, no matter what employers say or what people seem to be getting away with and b, employer was encouraging illegal parking so should cough up if Nanny gets caught due to their duff advice.

Nanny should pay unless there is NOWHERE else to park or the employer told the nanny to park there. The compromise sounds nice.

I got a parking ticket driving our work car (we have one to take equipment between hospitals in our trust). I made a mistake and misread the sign. My employer paid because it was the work car and a mistake. It was £60.

50/50

Legally nanny pays, but she was only there as part if her job and boss chooses to send her DCs to a nursery with no parking.

I think it's fair to split the cost really. On one hand it's really done to the nanny to be responsible for where she parks, but equally she wouldn't have to be parking there otherwise.

Just asked my DH if he got a parking ticket whilst on company business would they pay for it & he say no, he'd be expected to. So perhaps there's an argument for the nanny footing the whole bill.

If I got a parking ticket, speeding ticket or any other form of fine, it would be my responsibility to pay. Being a nanny is a red herring here. As the driver, it is nanny's responsibility to drive and park legally.
Nanny should pay the whole fine.

I would think the nanny responsible. She was not told to park there, (even if she was, it would still be her choice to break parking regs and therefore her responsibility), and everyone thinks it's 'ok for a few minutes' and it really isn't. She made a choice to park in a restricted area and it bit her in the bum.

Sorry if you are the nanny.

Nanny pays.

There IS legal parking, on the single yellow, where the restriction does not apply to pick up and drop off, but Nanny did not park there.

I think when you drive, or do anything else for your job, it is your responsibility to make sure you do it legally and safely and you have to take responsibility if not.

I can't see how this is the employers responsibility. Everyone knows you don't get 'grace' t go in and drop a child off at nursery. I bet the parking attendants do fairly regular swoops there.

I would not be paying parking tickets for my staff - I expect them to drive and park legally! Do I take the points and pay the fine if they drive in a bus lane? Block a yellow box? No way!

50/50

Nanny should abide by law, irrespective of what others say and do.
Employer forgiving duff info

what duff info?

nanny didn't park where employer told them that it was allowed.

I think her employer is being really nice by paying half. I'd expect the nanny to pay it all.

So 'fess up, are you the nanny?

I don't understand why the nanny hasn't just been putting 30p (using their employers' money) in the meter at the pay and display.

Nanny.

She chose to park her car there. Her employer told her to park elsewhere and she chose to disregard this. Why on earth should the employer contribute to the nanny's fine for the nanny's mistake?

perhaps my employer should cough up for my speeding ticket and my library late fees

Down not done!

Oh just seen bit about employer not telling nanny to park therebut somewhere else.
So its not the employers fault and nanny should foot the full cost.
Sorry if you are the nanny OP, its the drivers responsibility to park legally.

Nanny should pay if she parked the car in a pay and display are and didn't purchase a ticket!

Thanks all, I'm the employer so you've made me feel much better!

To clarify I never said or implied that there was a grace period on the pay and display and I never park there, always on the yellow line, as I have always assumed that the council would know that changeover time for the preschool sessions would be rich pickings for tickets. Yellow line often full but there is equivalent space round the corner or on side streets and I provide a buggy.

I thought I was being pretty generous paying half but it was clear that she doesn't agree so I wanted to get a more general opinion. Much appreciated!

My only second thought about it being the partly the employer's responsibility is if the employer instructed her to park on the yellow line and said 'park there because we don't want to spend money in the Pay and display bay', and then there were no places on the yellow line.

I'm a nanny and I would ever expect my boss to cover the cost of a ticket I got due to my bad parking practice. If I am big enough and old enough to be in charge of someone's child, I am big enough and old enough to know when I park illegally I risk a ticket.

If the nanny had parked legally, then the cost would come from the weekly kitty provided by employer. So as the pay and display was being used, why did she not buy a ticket?

Employers should not tell their staff to break the rules, such as parking on a yellow line if that line means no parking at the time in question.

50/50 on this occasion sounds a reasonable compromise. In future all parking tickets are responsibility of the nanny and they should get a pay&display ticket if using that place even for a few minutes.

Have you appealed? Round our way they will often let you off if you can show you were picking up/dropping off a child under 7 and were only there long enough to do so

nanny

she knew she shouldnt park there and if she does park in a pay and display the PAY bit means you pay lol and she didnt

i had a dc at a private school with very limited parking and often parked on double yellow lines and ran as just no other choice

luckily i never got a ticket tho many did,wardens would come round and get 30 odd cars

you have been very fair paying half

I look after the vehicle fleet at work, and it's very clear that parking tickets, speeding etc. are the responsibility of the driver. This is what the law says too. If any tickets come through we deduct from wages.

However the relationship between a parent and a nanny is somewhat less formal, and I think it would be a nice gesture to offer to split the cost.

Nanny should pay and I say that as a nanny. I had one temp job where dropping off and picking up involved parking in a pay and display carpark. Family told me not to bother getting a ticket as they never do and most of the other parents don't either. I didn't do this, I got a ticket (20p) a time from my own money as I didnt want to risk getting a larger fine, and yes I would of paid that too, even though it had been then that had told me not to do it.