Posts Tagged ‘duty of care’
If you’re an employer it can be scary to stop and think about how responsible you are for your employees and their actions. In a lot of cases the law holds you and your company liable for any damages an employee causes.
For fleet managers, the risk a company is exposed to is far greater than staff who may be limited to working within an office. The chance of an employee being involved, or causing, an accident is much higher when a significant amount of their time is spent on the road.
What if a driver kills someone? Does your company share some of the blame? And how can GPS tracking help to minimize the risk?