This applies to captains in the royal navy,thats why they always go down with their ships. 
maestro:
Personally I think the only thing drivers should pay for or offer to pay for are steps and mirrorâs and notthing more
Get through a few do you?
Find another job, â â â â that â â â â . I bet youâre only on buttons to begin with and they are trying to palm of other costs onto you. You dont own the vehicle you should not be responsible for the odd knock, i dont care what anyone says, anyone on this board can hit a stray branch on their n/s and crack their cover its part and parcel.
Tell them to [zb] or if you damage the truck and you know they are going to take money off your wages, sell the diesel to the [zb] sell what is left on the truck and burn the [zb]
Sapper
lets see what gets past the censor
Thanks for the contributions to the auto-censor 
Colingl
Poor credit risks pay high interest.
Poor private drivers pay high insurance premiums.
Whereâs the premium rewards for low-risk staff? Mickey mouse contracts AND crap pay?
Read the contract through, and cross through (countersigned) any parts you donât agree to. Make sure you get your own copy signed by the boss, so if he throws it in your face, you have something to take with you to court.
Before reaching that stage however, I might try adding to the contract that âthe minimum hourly rate is ÂŁ20ph to cover the high risk of company default on wagesâ. (which would occur every time you get paid short due to an illegal deduction)
Mickey Mouse contracts require Donald Duck Counter-Contracts! 
Who knows? - Pass the amended contract back to the guvnor, and he might not read it, and sign you up on ÂŁ20phâŚ
Of course, if he noticed later, and tried to get out of it, then the boot is now on the other foot - You can have THEM for breach of contract should they decide to get rid of you before payday, or pay you the low rate theyâd like to.
If a male boss put in the contract for female staff âmust blow me on fridaysâ, then the law is supposed to protect the staff from this kind of âcontractual abuseâ under the ââ â â â â â discrimination/â â â â â â harassmentâ banners. Rarely, it might protect a male employee from a moose cougar boss , but what happens if you have a predatory male boss showing an unhealthy interest in his male staff?
Gonna get down on your knees on friday afternoons âjust 'cos itâs in your contractâ, and youâre too afraid to argue, because jobs are hard to come by?
Does the â â â â â â discrimination laws protect MALES from abusive MALE bosses Iâm asking? 
Now unions are gone, it is upto the individual to stand up for their own rights. No one else is going to do it for you after all! 
Canât belive this,itâs come up before on TNUK, if you employ someone thats the chance you take as an employer, itâs up to you to make sure your work is profitable and able to stand the odd claim, if you canât stand the heat get out of the kitchen!I employ a driver and fully accept things can go wrong !,in fact I probably have more chance of an insurance claim 'cause Iâm an arrogant old â â â â 
My mate who use to run vans didnt have a problem with damage aslong as it wasnt careless and providing that the driver was making good money for the firm, he just accepted that it was part and parcel of having a transport company.
splitshift:
Canât belive this,itâs come up before on TNUK, if you employ someone thats the chance you take as an employer, itâs up to you to make sure your work is profitable and able to stand the odd claim, if you canât stand the heat get out of the kitchen!I employ a driver and fully accept things can go wrong !,in fact I probably have more chance of an insurance claim 'cause Iâm an arrogant old â â â â
I completely agree, I only operate one truck but Iâm hoping to put two more on the road this year and take on two drivers. There is no way in the world I would expect them to pay for the âtearâ element of âwear and tearâ. Some employers would charge you for wearing out the tyres if they could.