Bryony
Veteran
- Location
- Ramsgate, Kent
.........then I wouldn't be stuck on a bus, sat behind some one with BO or put up with the smell from a farting bus driver!!
Rant over!!
Rant over!!
If only my employer had somewhere safe to put my bike..........
- Thread starter Bryony
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Bryony
Veteran
- Location
- Ramsgate, Kent
Yep! Sat at the bus stop as he was a bit early and just let one rip!
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Better out than in as my dear mum used to say.Yep! Sat at the bus stop as he was a bit early and just let one rip!
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Classy those Burnley lot
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Watchit ArmwarmerBoy Who are you acccusing of being from Burnley???Classy those Burnley lot
Bryony as far as i'm aware every employer has a duty of care to its employees, and that includes having a cycle rack available as well as a certain amount of car parking spaces and toilet facilities. I would speak to HR and ask where it is ...
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Gross.Yep! Sat at the bus stop as he was a bit early and just let one rip!
Go and nag HR. Surely there is some little room/store cupboard somewhere you can lock your bike up in.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Duty of care does not extend to the provision of parking spaces for cars or the provision of cycle racks. Never has.
GG an employer has a duty to supply appropraite parking for employee cycles. FACT, forget the term duty of care as that can be missleading as it applys elsewhere. Every place of work will have car parking spaces alloted to it and the numvber of spaces depends upon the footprint of the building as is the case with number of urinals, toilets, wash basins etc. So obviously size matters ....
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
Where I work is quite good for me.
I can keep my bike locked in the underground car park with the motorcycles (the car park is employee card access only and there is a large pipe that both cycles and motorbikes can lock to). Or thanks to the size of the office there is space to store it in the actual office behind some partitions.
We also have working showers with running hot water.
There are bike lockers, but they couldn't tell me where the keys were for them!
Although looking at them I would prefer the car park or office anyway.
Speak to HR and see what they can do for you.
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I can keep my bike locked in the underground car park with the motorcycles (the car park is employee card access only and there is a large pipe that both cycles and motorbikes can lock to). Or thanks to the size of the office there is space to store it in the actual office behind some partitions.
We also have working showers with running hot water.
There are bike lockers, but they couldn't tell me where the keys were for them!
Although looking at them I would prefer the car park or office anyway.
Speak to HR and see what they can do for you.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Be interesting to see the source for that. For a start, I thought urinals etc was based on number of staff rather than footprint. (Imagine the number of toilets at an Amazon warehouse!!!!). I think Greg is right, unless requested as part of the planning application (ie if you want to build an office block you'd better provide parking) I don't think an employer has any duty to provide parking either for cars or bikes.
To go back to topic (following my slightly flippant response upthread). I'd just try to have conversation with HR about whether or not they want staff to cycle (most are waking up to the fact that it makes you healthier and more alert). If the answer is yes I'm fairly sure an accommodation will be reached even if the bike is stored in a corner of HR out of the way.
