I am looking for advice regarding what use the company I work for can use the information that it receives from the tracking devices fitted to the Iveco vans that we run. The dispute I have at the moment is that no Company Policy Document has been formulated stating what information it received, what it will be used for and who is allowed to access it. The main reason for the current dispute is that the woman (or little hitler as we call her) who deals with the company accounts etc is using the data to say what overtime we are entitled to & over the last 3 weeks has reduced my overtime by 2¼ hours stating that my vehicle was sat in the yard so I wasn’t actually delivering, I don’t know how she thinks the van gets loaded etc. I am writing a letter to the directors stating due to this dispute I and the rest of the drivers will no longer be doing overtime & I want some information to pass on to them when they come looking for me as they already know I know more about the transport industry than they do having taken my Transport Managers CPC & I’m the driver the come to when they need an early morning run or someone to work late etc.
I know the best answer is to get another job but I have been looking & although I have been to a few interviews I have not been successful.
Isn’t the tracker information irrelevant? you should be paid off your clockcard and/or your tachograph, these are both legal documents. This cow isn’t working either while she is ‘powdering her nose’ as she will want to describe having a dump. There must be some level of qualified management controlling the drivers other than her ie CPC holder. If this person is external because the company is run by muppets contact him. As usual this would be a Union matter.
Ultimately the drivers can make this very difficult for the company. All that is needed is to contact the traffic commissioner and report that the company is not recording working hours correctly… Naturally the drivers have to be recording their working time correctly themselves.
Tracker companies sell their systems with, amongst other things, promises that you can get your costs back by keeping an eye on overtime payments and when vehicles were moving and cutting dead mileage. If you’re on tacho graphs they should use this info as it should show your working time. If however the vans are 3.5t or less then they may use the tracker info to check if vehicles were moving or parked at home etc.
What system for recording your hours did you use before the trackers were fitted?
Put your dispute in writing and tell them you will be claiming for unlawful deduction of wages if they are only going on tracker info, and you were working the hours they have deducted.
Yelvan:
I am looking for advice regarding what use the company I work for can use the information that it receives from the tracking devices fitted to the Iveco vans that we run…
It’s their system that they pay for so they can use whatever information they want.
Yelvan:
I am looking for advice regarding what use the company I work for can use the information that it receives from the tracking devices fitted to the Iveco vans that we run…
It’s their system that they pay for so they can use whatever information they want.
Yelvan:
I am looking for advice regarding what use the company I work for can use the information that it receives from the tracking devices fitted to the Iveco vans that we run…
It’s their system that they pay for so they can use whatever information they want.
you might want to read the link posted
That deals with wether the data is classed as protected under the data protection act or not. As long as the company aren’t breaking any data protection act laws then they are still free to use the data in any way they wish. I don’t see the OP having any argument against the system being used how it’s being used. Yes that may ■■■■ but there are other avenues that he can go down to get the correct pay.
Actually no they can’t if tracking data is to he used for purposes other than tracking the the vehicle for anti theft or job efficiency purposes then drivers must be informed in writing
The link is from a union-affiliated source, and so I would expect it to have a bias against trackers. I would certainly read the DPA and the ICO guidelines, but I would disregard anything else other than to take it as an opinion, not fact.
Your employer certainly shouldn’t be paying off tracking data, but you need to get your facts straight before confronting them. Barging in with “You can’t do this and you can’t do that” can backfire if you’re wrong.
