Posted By Nigel At one of our office facilities we do not have sufficient on site parking and have spaces on a public car park to make ends meet. We have done a basic risk assessment and this has resulted in those using the external car park being mainly males, space devoted to company cars does not permit all females to park on site. That said do we owe any duty of care to our employees to and from their cars when they park off site ? we do not force them to park there, there have been no reports of abuse of any sort, the walk can be no way classed as being in a dangerous area, and there is no main road to cross. I am of the opinion we have been as reasonable as can be expected especially as we do not have to offer this parking, I am just after the views of other professionals prior to giving my response. Thanks in advance

Posted By Rachelle Smith To add to last message I would just say that it is not just lone females at risk, males can be attacked just as easily. You ought to look to what you insurance policy covers employees for and as last person said put some controls in place, as a caring sharing employer.