What is our Duty of Care?

The very same Health and Safety rules that apply in the office also apply to company cars.  New legislation in respect to Corporate Liability makes it imperative that employers take their Duty of Care seriously.

Five million people use their own cars for work but fewer than 10% of companies have formal risk management policies.  These policies need not be onerous even a simple policy is better than no policy at all.

As a very minimum every employer should keep an up to date register of all drivers and cars used at work.  From this register employers should carry out a risk assessment and have procedures to ensure that each employee has proper business insurance and that their driving licence is current. There should also be guidelines governing the condition, suitability and apparent roadworthiness of private cars used on their business.

There is already a considerable amount of legislation in respect to motor vehicles and the Government will slowly increase the regulation of vehicles used on business activities particularly in the areas of Health and Safety and Environmental Control.

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