Do your staff drive for business?

If so there are certain activities that all employers must undertake as part of their duty of care under current health and safety at work legislation. Employer Risk Assessment – A written assessment of the risk involved in asking staff to drive on business – risk both to the drivers and other road users. Safer Driver Policy - This sets out the rules that your drivers must follow informing you of collisions and convictions, and making sure they understand why they will need to have business cover added to their private motor insurance if they ever use their own car for a business journey. The policy must be detailed and communicated effectively Licence Monitoring - Employers MUST regularly check that their drivers are correctly licenced to drive the vehicle in question and that they do not have any convictions, restrictions or disqualifications that mean they shouldn’t be driving. Record Keeping - absolutely essential to have a solid audit trail. In the event of a serious collision, the police will want to see adequate record keeping for all of the above activities in relation to the driver concerned. Get the above activities sorted out and you’ll be well on your way to being a compliant business.

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