02 March 2010: Is duty of care your priority?

We can help you to create and enforce duty of care procedures to ensure you don't get caught out.

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Duty of care encompasses all the actions that should be taken by employers with regard to employees whilst driving on company business, even in their own cars.

As a senior Director and "controlling mind" of the business organisation, not only could the Director of Finance expose the business organisation to significant financial risk, and risk to its reputation, but could also personally be liable if an employee had an accident as a result of work duties.

Many organisations check that employees have a valid driving licence and vehicle insurance but this may not be sufficient for your ‘duty of care’.

Did you know that with the right expense management system duty of care checks are an invaluable feature:

Brian Woodhouse, Accountant for Business Link Northwest explained, “We introduced the duty of care feature to check the vehicle details for all employees driving their own cars on company business and found a third of them did not have sufficient insurance cover”