Health and safety

Health and Safety legislation imposes a duty of care on employers in relation to all employees, including a duty of care for all staff engaged on ‘at work journeys’. Therefore, whether employees are full time, temporary or driving their own vehicles on company business, their safety is the concern of the company.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires you to ensure the health and safety of your employees whilst at work in so far as this is reasonably practicable, and for these purposes employees who are driving on company business are regarded as carrying out a work related activity. You will also have a legal responsibility for others and will need to ensure that they are not put at risk.

In addition, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require that you undertake an assessment of the health and safety aspects of your work – including in relation to those employees who drive. Failure could result in imprisonment, financial penalties and other penalties.

keepmedriving and Richard Nelson Solicitors can offer specialised assistance in this area, including representation before the Health and Safety and other regulatory bodies. We can also help to ensure that your employees and representatives are able to continue to be active and productive. By providing all of your employees with immediate access to a helpline so that if they experience legal problems whilst they are out and about on firm business, they can quickly and easily contact someone who can provide them with the necessary, keepmedriving can help ensure that any problems which do arise are dealt with as expeditiously as possible.

For further information about these or any other issues please contact keepmedriving either by completing the appropriate online information form which you will find in the Getting Help section, requesting a free, no obligation call-back using the call-back form to the right or by phoning us during office hours on 084 4804 4804