re: A new employee at the office is parking in the handicap spot, boss wants me to investigate

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boss wants me to investigate

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Haha he thinks you’re his little bitch

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If she has the tag leave it alone. Your boss is a stupid frick for pushing the issue at all.

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This. I believe your Dr. sets you up with those tags so it's not that tough to get them legitimate disability or not. There's a very slim chance that she's using someone else's tag but if it's her tag then she's legal to use the space no matter how minor any of us might find her condition. And there are legitimate disabilities that aren't apparent to a casual observer. Hopefully the supervisor doesn't expect the OP to Mission Impossible her Dr.s office to see her medical records. I would say the employer has a reasonable interest in a new employee's disability that goes beyond parking convenience but that justifies asking not sending another employee to snoop.

Ask her how you can assist with her disability. This way you can come off as a hero if there’s really an issue.

Sounds like a Seinfeld

It could be for a parent that she cares for, but if she’s not driving them around, they shouldn’t be using a HC space.

ETA: Ethnicity of the employee?

Make your own handicapped parking permit using Photoshop and take her parking spot

Why not just ask her what her disability is?

If she is offended at that - fire her for having green shoelaces or something.

ITs not rocker science.

Put a recording devise on her phone, and review all of her calls at the end of each day. Hopefully she'll either talk with her physician or tell a friend about getting away with parking in the handicapped zone. If she finds out about you doing this, tell her it's for training purposes.

Might have a breathing problem like COPD. Definitely approach with caution with people with handicap stickers they are on the edge sometime.