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Luc, can you describe your wife's employers bicycle policy? I'm trying to set one up at my company as well, and haven't found the ideal plan yet. Suggestions
by dylanz 16y ago
Luc, can you describe your wife's employers bicycle policy? I'm trying to set one up at my company as well, and haven't found the ideal plan yet. Suggestions welcome!
- Luc 16y agoI don't have access to the exact agreement at the moment. My wife's employer, funnily enough, is a petroleum company. I think the bike policies of the company are those set out by Collective Bargaining Agreement (negotiations between employer and employee organisations) for the whole petroleum sector, but I can't find a good English language article. Colruyt, a supermarket company in Belgium, is well known as having a successful bicycle policy. E.g. - company-owned bicycles placed at the train station closest to the HQ so people can use the train to commute - free bicycles for employees who use them at least 3 times a week for their commute - 0.15 eurocent per kilometer compensation This is just the bicycle part of it though. They also have programs to facilitate and encourage car-pooling, or to encourage use of scooters instead of cars. Their trucks must be >95% full before delivering, they use rail as much as possible etc. (Some of this is from memory, don't shoot me if I'm off by a few cent or percent). Coincidentally Colruyt is also the most profitable and fastest growing supermarket chain in Belgium. One more thing - a lot of this is backed by laws or measures in the tax code. E.g. the 'compensation per km' is tax-free to the employee and there are likewise tax reductions on the employer's side. So these things may be harder to implement in a different country.