Employers
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Specsavers launches Driving Eyesight Toolkit
A Driving Eyesight Toolkit is launched today by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare. The toolkit aims to provide employers and their employees with all the information they need regarding the regulations and requirements for driver eyesight. Employers For employers, the Driving Eyesight Toolkit clearly sets out the employer’s responsibility for drivers under health and safety regulations. It…
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DVLA answer a FOI request concerning who are authorised to access a driving record especially employers
Employers are likely to be in possession of most of the details available on View Driving Record. They will also be in possession of additional information such as bank details which may be of more value than driver data. Employers are also subject to the obligations contained in the Data Protection Act and should not…
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Licence Bureau signs up own staff for driver eyecare
Well known for its service checking employees’ validity to drive, Licence Bureau has now signed up to driver eyecare eVouchers for its own staff, to help ensure they are safe to drive. Over the last 18 months, Licence Bureau has, as an additional benefit, given in excess of 10,000 Premium Club Vouchers to its clients.…
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Duty of Care for fleet drivers article in the Financial Director Magazine
Risk assessment starts with checking drivers’ licences. From June this year, the Financial Director magazine paper counterpart goes digital, making it more difficult to inspect. “The biggest risk to a company is not having in place a solution to check driving licences because a driver will not be able to produce a document without going…
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ADLV reveals increase in commercial electronic checking of licences by fleets
Freedom of Information statistics obtained by the ADLV (Association for Driving Licence Verification) from the DVLA, reveal that there has been a considerable increase in commercial electronic checking of licenses by fleets. The figures record the volume of licence checks made through members of the DVLA’s EDECS Electronic Driver Entitlement Checking Service, the vast majority…
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Taking employee driving licence verification to a new level. Article from Truck and Track the Haulage and Logistics buyers magazine
In 2014 Licence Bureau Ltd of Hemel Hempstead launched Compliance Managed Services (CMS), an online portal which proactively keeps tabs on a company’s drivers, highlighting any potential risks or non-compliance issues. Licence Bureau’s system flags these up according to the level of risk – critical, high, medium or low – and provides an auditable Health-and-Safety…
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Fleets shouldn’t wait for the paper counterpart abolition
Licence Bureau is advising fleet managers to remain wary of any obstacles when moving licence checking online, as the three month countdown has started to the abolishment of the paper counterpart on June 8th. The licence checking and compliance company is advising fleets they should already be in the process of moving licence checking online…
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Company Car In Action 2015
Licence Bureau are proud to be the Driver Licence Checking Partner for Company Car In Action (CCIA) 16th – 17th June 2015.
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Robust Licence Checking System leads to drivers self policing
Pimlico Plumbers George Lusham highlights how having a robust licence checking system leads to drivers self policing. All vans are fitted with telematics, enhancing the robust-ness of Pimlicos’ occupational road risk policy, while also ensuring its operations team can simultaneously monitor the location of tradesmen so new jobs can be allocated efficiently. Since joining the…
