spanishvan:
currantly i am in hambrg this evening i was going to fly out this morning to to a problom at i had to go to yard first
the driver who i will not name arrive at the yard at 7 am the keys to the vehicle were in my office locked in the dest he walked in ask for keys to vehicle i ask for his licence he said in front of a anther director i am not produceing my licence the director ask why he said its at dvla the director ask him to sign a form which he did not he refused to sign i asked him to removal his property form vehicle he did and i had the keys i tld him he is suspended from duties he has 14 working days to produce licence if after 14 day he does not produce licence he will be sacked and dismissed from duties i have been in cotact with a transport lawyer he has not got a leg to stand on the company was a shambles when took the job on all drivers licences were not on file which i have done now i have got a agency driver in to cover this week to cover germany trips i tink i am in ledal right to do this
Spot on too. Just the way it should have been handled.
Just out of interest, how long have you been asking to see his licence?
Cyberprog:
Have you considered getting a breath tester for alcohol and checking people are not over the limit in the morning when they collect their keys also?
What’s the problem with that? IIRC there’s a large percentage of drivers each day that are not yet under the drink drive limit the next morning after a hard night out!
If you have one or two problematic (read alchy) drivers, then breath testing them individually might be a bit hard to justify, but if you test everyone then there’s less of a problem with that.
Cyberprog:
Have you considered getting a breath tester for alcohol and checking people are not over the limit in the morning when they collect their keys also?
What’s the problem with that? IIRC there’s a large percentage of drivers each day that are not yet under the drink drive limit the next morning after a hard night out!
If you have one or two problematic (read alchy) drivers, then breath testing them individually might be a bit hard to justify, but if you test everyone then there’s less of a problem with that.
It has been discussed before, several times in fact, search “random testing”
I did and found this.
Happy Keith:
and
Mad dan:
‘…I had just finished my breakfast spliffage…’
Both give me hope that one day I’ll be proud in working for one of many employers with a full & random drug testing regime to prove the professional integrity of their drivers & to remove basic liabilities from their insurance premium & my workplace …whilst questioning ‘how come ‘Mad’, Dan?’
spanishvan:
currantly i am in hambrg this evening i was going to fly out this morning to to a problom at i had to go to yard first
the driver who i will not name arrive at the yard at 7 am the keys to the vehicle were in my office locked in the dest he walked in ask for keys to vehicle i ask for his licence he said in front of a anther director i am not produceing my licence the director ask why he said its at dvla the director ask him to sign a form which he did not he refused to sign i asked him to removal his property form vehicle he did and i had the keys i tld him he is suspended from duties he has 14 working days to produce licence if after 14 day he does not produce licence he will be sacked and dismissed from duties i have been in cotact with a transport lawyer he has not got a leg to stand on the company was a shambles when took the job on all drivers licences were not on file which i have done now i have got a agency driver in to cover this week to cover germany trips i tink i am in ledal right to do this
You have done the right thing but in all honesty would you want him back now even if he did show you his licence?
If your employee gives you this much grief over a simple request I for one would be wondering what he would be like if it was something more serious.
Also be aware of what kind of advice you buy into your company, My experience of any kind of consultant is that they will make you jump through unnecessary hoops just to cover their own arses rather than doing the right thing for your company
m4rky:
Also be aware of what kind of advice you buy into your company, My experience of any kind of consultant is that they will make you jump through unnecessary hoops just to cover their own arses rather than doing the right thing for your company
Just something else for you to think about.
My experience too, they write down everything that works and put it all into a manual, suggest ridiculous ways to do it better and then give you a manual telling you how you do it as though it was their own idea.
If they introduce a new idea, the only guarantee is, it will cost money and it won’t work!
