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......

CointreauVersial (great name by the way!) that was really why I offered to pay half, made it clear that it was a gesture of goodwill. Thanks again for all the opinions, I feel better now that I wasn't being mean!

Eek, I'm a nanny and I assume all parking tickets are my responsibility, I feel dreadful on the rare occasion that I've gotten one, so I've always paid them and THEN told employer. My employer told me to take the cost out of the kitty, but I figure my mistake, up to me to sort it out!

I have no legal knowledge here, but I agree with those who are suggesting a 50/50 split.

I imagine that, legally, the nanny is probably responsible. After all, if she'd run someone over rather than simply parked in the wrong place, nobody would expect her employer to be responsible. But you presumably want to have a good relationship with her so paying half is a nice gesture. And it shouldn't be the employer who pays the full cost - that would just give the nanny free reign to park wherever she likes in the future!

The Nanny should pay. She is the driver and responsible for her car and parking it legally. If she parks in a Pay and display space she should pay and claim the fee from the parent of the child she is collecting. It is her fault she took a risk, didn't pay and so got a Parking Ticket.

Nanny should pay this time. Employer should pay for al parking fees in future.

Nanny should pay for the ticket.

Employer should in the future reimburse nanny for the parking fees as the nanny is dropping off/picking up DCs.

The yellow line is free, but if she'd wanted to park on the pay and display I would have of course reimbursed it.

Nanny, but 50/50 this time as a gesture of goodwill. If it happens again, the nanny should pay the whole fine.

My employer paid my parking fine when I parked in pay and display outside hospital, I didn't pay as I was taking child into a&e quickly. I would have paid the fine but employers offered!

I think that's a bit different, chickadee!

Nanny, legally. Maybe you should clarify after this you'll reimburse pay and display but not parking tickets ie this is a one off.

Normally I would say the person who decided to park there should pay, but she was told to park there by her employer and assured that the parking restrictions would not be enforced - so I think the employer should pay the full fine this time BUT the nanny's work schedule should be adjusted to find a way to park elsewhere (e.g. this might mean leaving the house 20 minutes earlier to allow time to find a legal parking space and walk from there) and any future fines should be 100% the Nanny's responsibility.

Fish, you have misunderstood the OP. she was not told to park there. She was told to park on the single yellow where parking is allowed at that time of day.

but she was told to park there by her employer and assured that the parking restrictions would not be enforced

no, she was told by me to park on the single yellow (restrictions not at pickup or dropoff time) not on the pay and display. I think other parents do take a chance but I'm very risk averse on these things so never do myself!

Nanny should pay. Irrespective of what employer says nanny should obey the law

Ah sorry yes I misunderstood. In that case I think she's fully responsible for the fine. But she should have spending money available to pay for Pay&display tickets if there are no spaces available on the free bit.

Yes agreed, though it is a world of hassle as they only take payments on the phone and far easier to park on the other single yellow/residents less than five minutes away.