rules for taking van home

tansorboy · Post by **tansorboy** » 16 Feb 2015, 17:09

Is there still a six mile limit?

paulf0203 · Post by **paulf0203** » 16 Feb 2015, 17:24

seaside wrote:At our office we have been told we can take the van home with us, what are the rules for this.

What prompted this initiative? is there no room for the vans at your office?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 16 Feb 2015, 17:32

tansorboy wrote:Is there still a six mile limit?

There was never a national one. The only limit applied in the agreements was

5. Where “home to start / end of work” mileage is significantly greater than the typical working mileage of a vehicle each day, Regional Fleet & Asset Managers (or equivalent) should consider viability under the scheme and directly confirm their agreement for each case

But your local office may have applied a limit when identifying potential volunteers.

mrbungle · Post by **mrbungle** » 16 Feb 2015, 17:54

paulf0203 wrote:
seaside wrote:At our office we have been told we can take the van home with us, what are the rules for this.
What prompted this initiative? is there no room for the vans at your office?

Our office have had to take over half a local public car park to make room for the extra vans, yet still I was told that unless it was parked off the public road at night they weren't interested. Bonkers.

Barbel · Post by **Barbel** » 16 Feb 2015, 19:56

I take the van home every day and have done for months and no one has ever assessed or asked where I park the van.

dave72 · Post by **dave72** » 16 Feb 2015, 20:41

Barbel wrote:I take the van home every day and have done for months and no one has ever assessed or asked where I park the van.

They don't always tell you they check, I was surprised when I found out a few weeks after they had checked

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 17 Feb 2015, 06:33

Barbel wrote:I take the van home every day and have done for months and no one has ever assessed or asked where I park the van.

- a bit behind with the authorising paperwork then.

Barbel · Post by **Barbel** » 17 Feb 2015, 16:57

dave72 wrote:
Barbel wrote:I take the van home every day and have done for months and no one has ever assessed or asked where I park the van.
They don't always tell you they check, I was surprised when I found out a few weeks after they had checked

Ah right, well I've got nothing to worry about as it's parked on my driveway off the main road.

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 17 Feb 2015, 17:12

Barbel wrote:Ah right, well I've got nothing to worry about as it's parked on my driveway off the main road.

If you haven't read and signed the overnight retention policy and provided the relevant paperwork you don't have official permission to take it home, that permission has to come from DSM level or above.

If something goes wrong it's either your head or your manager's....who do you think it will be?

sjnb6 · Post by **sjnb6** » 21 Feb 2015, 11:20

At the moment my dim tells me to collect the van from one office and drive it to my office. Then take out back when I've finished my time. It saves me my fuel. It's about a 40 minute round trip

dickhead · Post by **dickhead** » 21 Jan 2019, 20:32

You should ask your employees to bring in proof that their house deeds allow them to bring their vans home and can park them there I know for a fact that my neighbor is not allowed too but does.

leolion855 · Post by **leolion855** » 22 Jan 2019, 13:14

dickhead wrote:You should ask your employees to bring in proof that their house deeds allow them to bring their vans home and can park them there I know for a fact that my neighbor is not allowed too but does.

do you live in a new build area?

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