Driving at Work Policy

Fiona

If you have issued a Driving at Work Policy and ensured that all the employees have received it, then they should all be aware of the current situation.

In issuing such a policy is important that you have records that show who received the new policy and when, and that everyone was informed on what date the policy became effective.

It is ideal that employees have signed to say they have received the policy but if a manager can say that the employee has definitely been given a copy then that would suffice.

If the Policy is now effective in your company and employees have been given the chance to raise any issues, then they cannot make claims against you under any pre-existing policy.

If the policy requires that employees should now have their own insurance cover for business purposes, you can insist that they send you a copy of the cover note and you should continue to ask for this until it is forthcoming.

I hope that this answers your question but if you require further clarification, please contact me

Jayn Bond

Positive HR Ltd

I would also be very interested in readers wording or process surrounding non-company car drivers eg pool/hire/opt-outs/private mileage folk. The use of private cars is of particular concern ref insurance,cars being legal and roadworthy,and risk assessments.Just wondered if anyone had got some words/process that they felt comfortably dealt with this exposure.

I've recently been through the pain barrier of issuing a Car Policy. Out of 150 staff only a few refused to respond. Where does this leave the company should they have an accident & try to claim against us (they are car allowance drivers). Do I just make a note on their HR file that it's noted they didn't respond etc, or does none of this make any difference?

Many thanks

Kind regards

Fiona