Business
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2014 Road Risk Manager of the Year Award won by Neil Shaw (Ocado Ltd)
Companies have been honoured for working hard to reduce road crashes involving at-work drivers during Brake’s Fleet Safety Awards 2014. Winners were announced at a prestigious gala dinner held yesterday (Thursday 5 June) at St John’s Hotel in Solihull, Birmingham. The awards, sponsored by Arval, were attended by nearly 300 guests – the highest attendance…
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Changes to the civil penalty to prevent illegal working
The government is making changes to the civil penalty scheme to encourage employers to fulfil their duty by making the correct checks on their employees to prevent illegal working in the UK. The changes came into force on Friday 16 May 2014. The key changes are as follows: The maximum penalty for employing an illegal…
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Concerns over the DVLA online licence checking system for fleets
How and when companies will be given access by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to an online licence-checking database looks increasingly unclear. The DVLA told Fleet News it remains committed to developing an online portal for fleets to check if employees are eligible to drive. However, with the removal of the paper counterpart…
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BusinessCar: Corporate Licence Checking
Speaking to BusinessCar managing director of Licence Bureau, Malcolm Maycock, expressed concern about how the DVLA would handle corporate licence checks after the counterpart’s demise. Read the full article here
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FSB Business Awards 2014 Finals
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FleetWorld article highlights our Compliance Managed Services
A new web tool has been launched by the Licence Bureau to provide fleets with an integrated solution for licence checking and risk management/assessment. Intended to help provide firms with an auditable trail to show compliance with duty of care and corporate manslaughter legislation, the firm’s Compliance Managed Services are aimed at businesses of any…
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On the right rails
Licence Bureau has won a two-year tender to supply driver licence checking services for the railway infrastructure company Network Rail. The contract, announced today after a tender process started in August 2013, sees Licence Bureau starting a partnership to deliver Network Rail’s driver licence validation service as well as a comprehensive audit of all employees…
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Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit
Brake calls for zero-tolerance on at-work drink- and drug-drivers Employers are being urged to implement zero-tolerance policies on at-work drink- and drug-driving by road safety charity Brake, as a Brake and Licence Bureau survey finds fewer than half (44%) would dismiss an employee for driving over the legal alcohol limit. Published today (14 May) in…
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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA)
The following information was received yesterday from DVLA: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 The Ministry of Justice has recently reformed the rehabilitation periods for criminal convictions that are set out in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA). These reforms, made under the Legal Aid (Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders) Act 2013,…
