Can an employer legal demand compliance regarding an employee’s personal vehicle?
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Can an employer legal demand compliance regarding an employee’s personal vehicle?
My employer is changing their vehicle use program to employees using their personal vehicles. The issue I have is that they are requiring us to have a vehicle worth a specific price, age, and having a certain maximum amount of miles before it must be replaced. Failure to comply results in termination. Can they legally make such demands if it is my own personal vehicle?
Asked on March 13, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Yes, your company may require this. Employers set the terms and conditions of employment, and one term or condition could be having a certain type or value of vehicle--in many ways, this is a just a larger (well, very much larger and more expensive) version of a dress code, which companies may clearly promulgate, in which a company could require that all employees own and come to work only in suits.
If an employee chooses to not work for a company requiring specific vehicles, the employee could seek other employment; or if he/she will not comply with company policy, he or she could be terminated.
The exception would be if you have an employment contract limiting the grounds for termination--in that case, you could not be terminated except in compliance with the contract.
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