Employers’ responsibility for vehicle maintenance: how far does it go?

• Author:
• David Faithful

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 has been in force for nearly two months, meaning a company can now be charged with corporate manslaughter if it can be proved that management failures contributed to an employee’s death.

Because of this health and safety obligations need to be considered carefully, and one area that can often be overlooked is vehicle maintenance. So what requirements do employers and managers have to make sure company vehicles are kept in a ro... (31 more words)

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