Employers
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Why do I need to check my drivers’ licences?
The legal minimum requirement in the UK is for the driver of a vehicle to hold a full and valid driving licence for that vehicle category. If this driver is an employee and driving on company time, for business purposes, you as the employer has a duty of care to ensure that the employee acts…
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Official support partner for Leasedrive’s Luxembourg to Geneva bike ride
Leasedrive team aims to raise over £10,000 in the ‘Road to Geneva’ charity bike ride from Luxembourg to Geneva The Leasedrive Group, the UK’s largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group, is entering a team of 18 riders in a 350-mile, four-day, ‘Road to Geneva’ charity bike ride between Luxembourg and Geneva in aid of four…
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Update from the DVLA on abolishing the counterpart driving licence
Background The DVLA is committed to abolishing the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence by 2015 following the outcome of the governments Red Tape Challenge consultation on road transportation. Paper licences issued before the photocard was introduced in 1998 are not affected. Currently, anyone wishing to check a driver’s licence status including entitlements and…
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Does your business require a “right to work” document checking service?
Based on the article below a potential £160,000 fine may be in order for employing eight illegal workers. The full article can be found here. The Sandwich Company, in Bridgeman Street, was notified they are liable for a civil penalty notice for employing the eight illegal workers following the Home Office raid yesterday. The owner…
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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
