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Do You Have a Policy on Driving at Work?
Workplace Law's Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide was fully update this year. Version 2 is now available to download at http://www.workplacelaw.net/eshop/product_info.php?product_id=327 The new edition updates several elements of the original including the implications of the Road Transport (Working Time) Directive and the Regulatory Impact Assessment. As with all policy documentation from Workplace Law...
Comment | 29 Nov 2005
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Do You Have a Policy on Driving at Work?
If you have a dig about on the HSE, ROSPA and DfT websites they all have good information on this, as do BRAKE, which is a charitable organisation that deals with road safety. Hope this helps, all the info needs to be considered in regards to your operation as every company will have different risks associated with it.
Comment | 29 Nov 2005
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Do You Have a Policy on Driving at Work?
Unison does a very good free leaflet which I adapted into management speak at a previous company. It is a good basic start
Comment | 24 Nov 2005
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Driving at work: does your company pass or fail?
...e 19 of Workplace Law Magazine (July/August 2006). More information on Workplace Law Magazine can be found at: http://www.workplacelaw.net/magazine/ As anyone who was worked or advised in the area can tell you the issues surrounding driving at work are many and complex, but are employers really doing enough to protect the safety of their workers and themselves from prosecution? Employers who run company car schemes, and employers who let employees use privately owned cars for business; both have the same obligations and duty of care under health and safety legislation. The upcoming Corpo...
News | 3 Aug 2006
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Major survey of driving at work policies underway
...o 241 fatal injuries to workers in the “traditional workplace”. John Maslen, editor of Driving at Work 2008: Special Report, highlights how important risk assessments are to fleet managers: “A risk assessment isn’t a difficult task. It is just a list, from which you can create a ‘to do’ list to make the fleet safer. It helps a company to weigh up whether it has done enough to ensure safe working practices or should do more to prevent harm. For most small businesses, and the self-employed, the hazards will be easy to identify. The aim is to make the risk of someone being injured...
News | 1 May 2008
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Driving at work: fleet managers speak out
... But on the whole, most seem to have a good understanding, and appreciation of what exactly will affect their drivers. According to David Faithful, Solicitor with Lyons Davidson: "Few employers realise just how many rules and regulations cover employees when they drive on business. More than half a dozen criminal laws can apply the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; the Road Traffic Act 1988; the Working Time Regulations; the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998; the Road Safety Act 2006; the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007; vehicle construction an...
News analysis | 25 Apr 2008
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Driving at work warning as employer found liable for crash
Businesses that have employees who drive for work are being warned to ensure they do not have a long hours culture after a firm was found liable for a road accident in which one of its workers was paralysed. Michael Eyres was left paralysed by an accident that occurred when he momentarily fell asleep at the wheel. His employers have been found liable for the incident after j...
News | 26 Apr 2007
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Businesses starting to realise the importance of driving at work issues
... delighted and encouraged by the way businesses and organisations have responded to the challenge of managing occupational road risk (MORR). "The argument now seems to have been accepted that this is the biggest occupational safety problem which the country is facing and that fleet bosses have to do something about it." He said more and more responsible employers were adopting a system of auditing, management training and risk assessment, followed by driver training where necessary. Many reinforce good behaviour through driving awards schemes. He added: "The bottom line is that by ma...
News | 28 Jun 2006
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85% of Fleets Failing to Carry out Basic Risk Management
... driver handbooks, investigating accidents and pre-employment checks of driver competency and experience. Less than half of the 15 per cent currently undertaking basic risk management are using any form of ongoing driver training programme to help improve driver performance and minimise risk. Do You Have a Policy on Driving at Work? 'Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide, version 1.0' (ISBN 1-900648-29-6, £74.99) is available as an electronic download from Workplace Law Network - www.workplacelaw.net/policies - or by calling 0870 777 8881. 10% discount available to members of Workplace Law Network, BIFM, RICS, IFMA ...
News | 23 Feb 2004
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Accident Sets Health and Safety Precedent
...le for a company to be prosecuted for an offence involving an employee, even if they were not killed or injured while driving for work. He said: 'It would be the police who instigated such a charge rather than the HSE, but it is possible and it can affect all fleets, not just lorry drivers.' Do you have a policy on driving at work? Download the Workplacelaw Network's Draft Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide Go to Workplacelaw Network's eshop at www.workplacelaw.net/eshop
News | 13 Mar 2003
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Drug testing at work - the legal position
...ue working and his/her behaviour places the employee or others at risk, the employer could be prosecuted. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 make it illegal for any person knowingly to permit drug use on their premises except in specified circumstances (for example, when they have been prescribed by a doctor). The Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Transport and Works Act 1992 require that drivers of road vehicles must not be under the influence of drugs while driving, attempting to drive or when they are in charge of a vehicle. Drugs at Work Policy The HSE advises implementing a written policy...
News | 19 Aug 2004
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What Do Employers Need to Know about Drug Testing at Work?
The newspapers have been dominated this week by England footballer Rio Ferdinand and his failure to turn up for a compulsory drugs test. This case brings into the public eye some of the problems associated with drug testing at workplaces in general, for example: when is it necessary? how should it be carried out? What happens...
News | 10 Oct 2003
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
...e data | Clinic | Legal update Case law and more ... Contents In this issue ... LATeST Accredited Centre 561 NEBOSH NatiONal GENEral CErtifiCatE our last neBoSH national general Certificate exams saw us get our best ever results from a group of over 50 delegates. See below for a detailed breakdown. NGC1: the management of safety and health Workplace Law pass rate - 84% National average - 53% NGC2: Controlling workplace hazards Workplace Law pass rate - 98% National average - 77% NGC3: practical assessment Workplace Law pass rate - 98% National average - 90% 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislati...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
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Government Announces Mobile Phone Driving Ban
Using a hand-held mobile while driving is to be banned in a long-awaited clamp down on phone use in cars. The new offence, it was announced this morning, will take effect from 1 December 2003 with offenders facing fines ranging from £30 to £1,000 if the case goes to court. Those caught breaking the ban would also get three penalty points on their driving licences for each o...
News | 24 Jun 2003
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Scale of at-work drink driving unknown
...problem in the UK.Every year, over 87,000 motorists are disqualified for drink-driving or driving while under the influence of drugs. Estimates would suggest that over 4,000 of these were driving for work at the time.However, the police, the Ministry of Justice or the Department for Transport (DfT) do not keep figures on how many convicted drink drivers were working at the time of the offence. Both departments confirmed there are no plans to collect or publish such figures.With up to 20% of drink drivers caught the morning after a drinking session, it is likely that thousands of those convicted ...
News | 20 Aug 2008
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...deas to make a real change to health and safety in the UK. 26 workplacelaw 3 Are you prepared for the new Corporate Manslaughter Bill? Corporate Health and Safety BRIEFING An essential one-day event for directors and senior health and safety managers 3 October 2007 Institute of Directors, London Certified by Workplace Law Group and IOSH Suitable for directors and senior managers in private and public sectors Plain English guidance backed up with comprehensive notes Authoritative interpretation from a leading authority on directors' responsibilities Includes very latest information on cor...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?
...our workplace October 2004 Disability access Are you ready for 1 October? Love contracts Managing office romances Implementing disciplinary and grievance procedures Workplace disputes Face facts Holiday Inn's all-encompassing approach to DDA compliance Battling for hearts and minds How much do you really know about disability legislation? EMPLOYMENT LAW HEALTH & SAFETY PREMISES MANAGEMENT Contents 06 News The latest legal developments and a legislation calendar to keep you bang up to date 10 Face facts The Disability Discrimination Act is about access to services, not just access to...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004
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Cash-for-car schemes: do you understand the legal risks?
...ierra to cover 18,000 business miles per year. Risk assessment? What?s a risk assessment? I have no hesitation whatsoever in saying that the easiest and most effective way to risk-manage staff that drive at work is to remain in the traditional company car scheme. It offers a level of control that you can?t get any other way. If, however, you elect to offer cash, remember that you have the same duty of care to those drivers as you have to all others ? they are out on the road to boost profits, after all. Make sure that they are clearly referred to in your driver policy, and that you can prove th...
Comment | 2 Jun 2005
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Have your say on default retirement age
The DRA should stay no higher than 65. We already have too high an under 25's unemployment rate and 'job-blocking ' by older people doesn't help. Unemployed under-25's are more likely to turn to anti-social ways of achieving their aspirations than those over DRA age - especially if the DRA is properly supported with a decent level of subsistence and community inclusion to provide fulfilment for those who need such, rather than th...
Comment | 22 Dec 2009
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Do You Check Employee Driving Licences?
Dorian, In answer to your original question, the DVLA website says that if you wish to have expired endorsements removed from your licence you must send both the card and paper part in to the DVLA, implying that the physical card does actually carry a record of your endorsements. Further informa...
Comment | 16 Feb 2004
