Beaker1599
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Minnesota
I work for an employer who has about 1,100 employees. My empoyer provides underground parking to those who qualify. Day shift individuals pay for their parking and afternoon shift and night shift don't. I qualify for parking and have been a paid parker for over 30 years.
I recently became handicapped and cannot walk long distances. I requested handicapped parking near where I enter my workplace. My employer agreed that there should be handicapped parking there and put in 3 handicapped spaces. Unfortunately, it turned out there were more than 3 people who wanted to use those spaces.
I approched my employer again about this problem and the response was "Our current number of handicapped parking spaces comply with all applicable state and federal laws. No changes are planned at this time. Consistent with the approach to parking, persons authorized to park do not have an assigned space and are not guaranteed a parking space on any given day. As such, when the handicapped parking spots are full, you need to find the next available space."
I think this is discrimination. Not necessarily at me, but as a group (handicapped employees). I was wondering if there was anything else that could be done about this or is there really a state law that says they only need to provide a certain number of spaces and then they are OK?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I work for an employer who has about 1,100 employees. My empoyer provides underground parking to those who qualify. Day shift individuals pay for their parking and afternoon shift and night shift don't. I qualify for parking and have been a paid parker for over 30 years.
I recently became handicapped and cannot walk long distances. I requested handicapped parking near where I enter my workplace. My employer agreed that there should be handicapped parking there and put in 3 handicapped spaces. Unfortunately, it turned out there were more than 3 people who wanted to use those spaces.
I approched my employer again about this problem and the response was "Our current number of handicapped parking spaces comply with all applicable state and federal laws. No changes are planned at this time. Consistent with the approach to parking, persons authorized to park do not have an assigned space and are not guaranteed a parking space on any given day. As such, when the handicapped parking spots are full, you need to find the next available space."
I think this is discrimination. Not necessarily at me, but as a group (handicapped employees). I was wondering if there was anything else that could be done about this or is there really a state law that says they only need to provide a certain number of spaces and then they are OK?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?