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    • The Notice to Hirer does not comply with the protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule  4 . This is before I ask if Europarks have sent you a copy of the PCN they sent to Arval along with a copy of the hire agreement et. if they haven't done that either you are totally in the clear and have nothing to worry about and nothing to pay. The PCN they have sent you is supposed to be paid by you according to the Act within 21 days. The chucklebuts have stated 28 days which is the time that motorists have to pay. Such a basic and simple thing . The Act came out in 2012 and still they cannot get it right which is very good news for you. Sadly there is no point in telling them- they won't accept it because they lose their chance to make any money out of you. they are hoping that by writing to you demanding money plus sending in their  unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors that you might be so frightened as to pay them money so that you can sleep at night. Don't be surprised if some of their letters are done in coloured crayons-that's the sort of  level of people you will be dealing with. Makes great bedding for the rabbits though. Euro tend not to be that litigious but while you can safely ignore the debt collectors just keep an eye out for a possible Letter of Claim. They are pretty rare but musn't be ignored. Let us know so that you can send a suitably snotty letter to them showing that you are not afraid of them and are happy to go to Court as you like winning.  
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    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
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My son works for a national construction company as a trainee site agent. ( 2+ years). He was sent to a site as basically the site agent...

 

Since august he has been asking for a laptop charger and a work mobile phone ( he's had these on every other site) Within the last month he has emailed his manager and told him he will no longer be using his phone minutes or his data and personal email for work... He was called in for an " informal" meeting about his conduct today ( letter he had said as our discussion on wednesday ( it was tuesday)!!

 

At this informal meeting was his manager and the pa to the director she was taking the minutes.. During this meeting she chimed in gave her opinion and said she agreed with the manager!!

Is she allowed to do this?

 

Would a grievence be appropriate against her and the manager? there have been no problems with my sons conduct until he said he was no longer going to use his phone/'data/email.

 

He has emails going back to at least august asking for a charger and phone so he can do his job.

At the meeting today he was told the charger was at another site so he needed to go there for it and the p.a would chase up a working sim!! Whilst they decided what to do with him!

 

sorry little bit annoyed.. any advice appreciated.

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Here goes...

 

My son works for a national construction company as a trainee site agent. ( 2+ years). He was sent to a site as basically the site agent...

 

Since august he has been asking for a laptop charger and a work mobile phone ( he's had these on every other site) Within the last month he has emailed his manager and told him he will no longer be using his phone minutes or his data and personal email for work... He was called in for an " informal" meeting about his conduct today ( letter he had said as our discussion on wednesday ( it was tuesday)!!

 

At this informal meeting was his manager and the pa to the director she was taking the minutes.. During this meeting she chimed in gave her opinion and said she agreed with the manager!!

Is she allowed to do this?

 

Would a grievence be appropriate against her and the manager? there have been no problems with my sons conduct until he said he was no longer going to use his phone/'data/email.

 

He has emails going back to at least august asking for a charger and phone so he can do his job.

At the meeting today he was told the charger was at another site so he needed to go there for it and the p.a would chase up a working sim!! Whilst they decided what to do with him!

 

sorry little bit annoyed.. any advice appreciated.

 

Sounds like the manager is acting unreasonably and a minute taker should not really comment.

 

Perhaps your Sons emails were misunderstood to be rude and he was demanding something, rather than pointing out an issue. He could have been perceived as saying he would not do his job, if the items were not provided.

 

Your Son should apologise if his emails were not received in the way he wanted, but he was simply pointing out that he was having to use his own private phone to be able to work. Also he thought that the company would prefer work business to be conducted using work equipment and email facility.

 

Can't see anything will happen, but he needs to tread carefully as the construction industry is not known for good employee/employer relations. Better to try to mend bridges as if he ever left, he might want a reference.

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Is he clear o what he wants to achieve?

 

If so, what is that? As it will determine the approach he should take.

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Thanks for the replies..

He wants to keep his job and be able to do it.. He went armed with emails etc to the meeting and had a pad to take notes all of which surprised his manager, He let his manager talk and then responded, and mostly his manager didn't respond and went quiet which is when the p.a chimed in..

All of this has happened since he said he will no longer be using his own equipment.. The fact that his has missed training as he was told he had to cover, has paid all his own travel for 2 + years, bought a fridge on a site as it was needed for a customer moving in, tries to fix or get fixed.( he gets on very well with the trades) problems when those higher up couldn't get it done, being sent from site to site to cover holidays etc When according to them he is only a trainee..( was sent a letter saying he would get 3k bonus, then told no as only a trainee) seems to count for nothing.

I have worked on a site with this manager.. the newly appointed site manager there used to say I'm getting no support, I need help etc his immediate manager was my sons manager ( i know a lot of managers)

He got his charger today... shame they didn't do this 4 months ago... we will have to wait for the outcome of the meeting.

Not to worried about referees... he knows plenty of site managers who would willingly give him a reference and a job if he was closer..

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is he at collge day release to do his LIOB/AIOB exams? If so, who is paying as the company may have a term in that contrcat that says he has to pay back the money if he leaves before qualifying. If he isnt doing the day release then he should be looking for work with someone who gives a damn about the professionalism of their staff.

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Hi,

No day release, it is in house training that he had to do every 6 weeks for a week, with extra training ( scaffold appreciation etc), the thing is as a trainee he gets around £22k and a company car so it's quite a good job especially for around here though he does travel over 90 mins to get to various sites.. He doesn't want to lose this job but after asking countless times for the things he needed it wasn't until he "stamped" his feet that all of a sudden there was a problem with him!..

We shall see how this plays out over the coming days :)

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he should contact the CITB and ask about formal qualifications via on the job training.

 

The building trade likes to complain to government that there arent enough qualified people in the industry but then does everything it can to make things worse for itself. That is one of the reasons why this country is seen as a soft touch byn the rest of the world, we dont appreciate training and industry doesnt want to pay for it. Degree courses in vocational subjects are mostly a joke.

 

Bring back technical colleges and be proud of HNC's BTEC's etc.

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