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Andrew Griffiths
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Rhiannon, You need to take action on this quickly. The new Corporate Manslaugter and Corporate Homicide Bill comes into force on the 6th April (tomorrow). The new Bill will make it easier for the Police and CPS to prosecute companies who casued a fatality at work, which will include occupational driving. Therefore if you are aware that your employee does not wear a seat belt and speeds then you need to take action. Under the new Bill your company will be expected to have a suitable policy and procedure covering occupational driving and for ensuring your drivers are suitably trained/qualified and insured. It is highly expected that this new Bill will be focusing upon occupational driving to make a test case as vehicle accidents in the past have not been covered under health and safety law and therefore it has proved difficult to prosecute companies follwoing a fatal accident involving occupational driving.
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Andrew Griffiths
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If the student is being paid by you then they would be classed as an employee, whether temporary or not. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations specifically require employers to pay for regular eye sight tests for VDU users. (VDU user is defined as someone who habitually uses VDU/DSE for a significant part of thier role. It has also been defined as someone who uses VDU/DSE for an hour or more per day). Normally the regularity of the eye sight test is determined by the optician, howewver every 2 years would be the normal recommendation, unless the employee complains of eye fatigue or other symptoms which could be associated with the use of VDU/DSE, such as head aches, etc. With regard to the provision or contribution to corrective lenses or specticles the employer is only required by the regulations to pay towards glasses or lenses which are specifically required solely for VDU/DSE use. In other words if they need glasses for reading or driving it is thier responsibility (the employees) to purchase thier own glasses. The employer only needs to pay for the glasses if the employee can leave them on thier desk once DSE/VDU work is completed. If you do need to pay for corrective glasses you can easily purchase glasses with single vision lenses for £50.00.
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