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Posted By AJM
This may seem silly but is there a legal requirement to provide safe parking or any parking (on your own premises) for the employees at your place of work.
I obviously know if you want the workers you need parking to be provided. But is there a legal requirement.
Also can they park on a public road that has no parking restrictions or yellow lines and not blocking drives, Just because the neighbours dont like it.
Al
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Posted By Dave Wilson
No is the answer and they can park any where they like on the public highway as long as they are legal and they park legally!
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Posted By DJ
The one exception could be 'Disabled Parking' as the provision of parking for disabled employees and/or visitors could be regarded as a 'reasonable adjustment'. Failing to provide parking in such circumstances could result in you discriminating against disabled people on the grounds of their disability.
Regards.
DJ
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Posted By Eric Taylor
And if your work place doesn't have any parking space? Try having a shop in Edinburgh/London or almost anywhere these days that has no parking space and you have to buy one for a disabled employee. Not a "reasonable " adjustment I would say.
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Posted By Mark Talbot
Where adequate accessible public transport is available I would not expect any action under DDA to be sucessful. There are thousands and thousands of jobs where parking is not provided (I work in one such job).
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Posted By The toecap
I suppose if the parking is provided then it should be safe. I have parking provided but have to cross a busy road. I wonder what will happen when somebody gets killed.
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Posted By jackw.
Hi, There is no legal requirement, how could you possibly adhere to such an instruction in city, town centres, large office blocks with maybe the need for hundreds of parking bays. We have a car park. Not big enough for all = first in gets a space. also note that there is no legal force to stop an able bodied person parking in a disabled parking bay it is down to courtesy. I would be concerned if a safety person couldn’t regularly negotiate their way across a road, or for that part any one else. Perhaps we need crossing patrols every 20 metre. Nanny state right enough.
Cheers.
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Posted By Merv Newman
I have windscreen stickers for those who do not respect disabled spaces :
"I am a) morally, b) mentally, c) physically hadicapped. Tick the appropriate box"
Applied to driver's side of windscreen, with the utmost courtesy.
Some local authorities require new-builds (ie industrial estates mainly) to provide an appropriate number of parking spaces. But then, didn't John Prescott (or someone of similar intelligence) come up with an idea of taxing companies for each parking space they provided ?
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Posted By Brian Hagyard
What if you are expected to provide a car for work? do you think that changes anything?
Brian
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