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Duty of care raises U.K. car risks.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 15-MAY-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Travel managers with responsibility for the United Kingdom are being urged to review policy regarding employees driving vehicles on business trips as employers face litigation from employees involved in accidents and even prosecution by the police.

The impetus is coming from the United Kingdom's Health and Safety Executive, which has urged the police to ask drivers involved in accidents whether they were traveling on business. The HSE is stepping up its efforts after realizing that working people are involved in more accidents on the road than in...

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