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    • Thank you for posting up the results from the sar. The PCN is not compliant with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4. Under Section 9 [2][a] they are supposed to specify the parking time. the photographs show your car in motion both entering and leaving the car park thus not parking. If you have to do a Witness Statement later should they finally take you to Court you will have to continue to state that even though you stayed there for several hours in a small car park and the difference between the ANPR times and the actual parking period may only be a matter of a few minutes  nevertheless the CEL have failed to comply with the Act by failing to specify the parking period. However it looks as if your appeal revealed you were the driver the deficient PCN will not help you as the driver. I suspect that it may have been an appeal from the pub that meant that CEL offered you partly a way out  by allowing you to claim you had made an error in registering your vehicle reg. number . This enabled them to reduce the charge to £20 despite them acknowledging that you hadn't registered at all. We have not seen the signs in the car park yet so we do not what is said on them and all the signs say the same thing. It would be unusual for a pub to have  a Permit Holders Only sign which may discourage casual motorists from stopping there. But if that is the sign then as it prohibits any one who doesn't have a permit, then it cannot form a contract with motorists though it may depend on how the signs are worded.
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    • pop up on the bulk court website detailed on the claimform. [if it is not working return after the w/end or the next day if week time] . When you select ‘Register’, you will be taken to a screen titled ‘Sign in using Government Gateway’.  Choose ‘Create sign in details’ to register for the first time.  You will be asked to provide your name, email address, set a password and a memorable recovery word. You will be emailed your Government Gateway 12-digit User ID.  You should make a note of your memorable word, or password as these are not included in the email.<<**IMPORTANT**  then log in to the bulk court Website .  select respond to a claim and select the start AOS box. .  then using the details required from the claimform . defend all leave jurisdiction unticked  you DO NOT file a defence at this time [BUT you MUST file a defence regardless by day 33 ] click thru to the end confirm and exit the website .get a CPR 31:14 request running to the solicitors https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?486334-CPR-31.14-Request-to-use-on-receipt-of-a-PPC-(-Private-Land-Parking-Court-Claim type your name ONLY no need to sign anything .you DO NOT await the return of paperwork. you MUST file a defence regardless by day 33 from the date on the claimform.
    • well post it here as a text in a the msg reply half of it is blanked out. dx  
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I was trying to find a template, but can't see anything I would recommend. I would just write a concise and clear letter, detailing events in chronological order, stating names, dates and times where possible. I know it is difficult at times, but try and write a letter that is a clear statement of fact, and avoid getting too emotional. I would certainly read it over a few times and make sure you are happy. Check your staff handbook for details of the grievance procedure, and make sure you send it to the right person.

 

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The saga of the cardi continues...

 

I was told by one of the area managers i was allowed to wear a black long sleeved t shirt under my short sleeved work t shirt. We both agreed this would be fine. So i come in the next day wearing a black long sleeved t shirt. The shop manager told me it was not fine and i "needed to look smart". He told me to "buy a navy cardigan and we will give you the money back". So i bought one and gave him the reciept. He then put it through the tills and gave me the money back. Ive now been wearing said cardigan for 2 weeks. Now all of a sudden im being told its not ok. The company cardigans they ordered me turned up the other day. Its basically just the jumper but wit buttons so it completly defets the point. I might aswell just be wearing the jumper. Ive told them this and im being told ive"got to wear it" . ITs been really hot lately and its just not fair. my job consists of me running round 8 hours a day in a busy hot shop. The whole thing is ridiculous. What can i do?:confused:. Also its in the "staff handbook" that "excessive tattoos must be covered" but its not in the actual contract.

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Hi,

 

What is the exact wording of that clause in the staff handbook?

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"you should ensure that if you wear facial and other visible body piercings/art that this is not to excess. You may in certain circumstances be asked to remove such items during your shift of work by your manager"

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Frequently the handbook of employment is incorporated into the contract of employment. However, not all of the content have contractual force. In the case of the provision stated in your post above, the clause infers an obligation upon the employee...

 

They have a duty of care and if the garment they want you to wear, in order to cover up your tattoos, makes you uncomfortable then you should raise the point with your line manager, formally... if they decline to help, then you should raise a formal grievance...

 

One would understand the need to cover up tattoos when working in a customer facing environment but wearing an uncomfortable garment should not be an obligation to the detriment of an employee's health and comfort.

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ive spoken to the manager, assistant manager and 2 area managers. They all told me different like i said above. But now there all saying i cant wear the thin cardi i bought and have to wear the thick one.

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I think that your employer is being unreasonable if both cardigans are the same colour and branded!

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the thinner cardigan isnt branded. I wastld by the manager to buy one and they gave me the money back. Now after 2 weeks its all of asudden not ok. I get te impression there tryingto push me out.

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You should request that they give you a right coloured, branded appropriate cardigan for work...

 

Make sure that you get all of their communication to you in writing, either in a letter or by e-mail...

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Absolutely... state the reasons... non-branded, uncomfortable... but that you also want to comply with their policies (covering up your tattoos).

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Dear X,

 

Following our last meeting, it is my understanding that the cardigan I am now wearing is not suitable as mentioned by XXXXXX.

 

I have no intention to contravene any of the provisions stated in my contract of employment in terms of uniform and tattoos/art, and my intention is, and always has been, to adhere to those provisions. However, as mentioned several times in the past, wearing a thick cardigan is very uncomfortable and on numerous occasions have felt ill on the shop floor. I hope that we can come to a reasonable agreement and be authorised to wear a thinner cardigan, of your choice, allowing me to work comfortably.

 

Yours sincerely.

 

'zararh'

 

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ok so i spoke to the big manager today. she was quite understanding actually. She asked to see my arm. She said "i dont think you should ave to cover those. Basically imcovered in disney tattoos. I said like this is what im saying its all disney its not like i have hitler on me!!! So she said "leave it with me" she then came back later on and said you dont have to keep them covered any more".

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Bless her... well done.

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Finally! Someone in your workplace sees sense! I've just started a new job on the loading bay at Debenhams, and I have sleeves and was waiting for them to say something, but it's been quite the opposite! I'm more of a talking point in there!

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So today weve all been told were not allowed to talk, go the toilet or have a drink apart from breaks. Alot of people only do a 4 hour shift and as such dont get a break. im on a shelf stacking shift, this means i am constantly on my feet running around shifting stuff in a hot shop. When i am entitled to a break i have to argue for it. Can they do this?

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Hello again. I think this would come under the Health and Safety Executive [HSE]. I just double-checked their website and it just says the temperature should be 'reasonable', without giving a maximum. Reasonable is hard to define, but one would think a 'reasonable' employer would make sure people had water available.

 

Would you be able to ring the HSE? They have a helpline.

 

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