1. Driver's Policy

If your organisation employees a lot of drivers e.g. sales representatives, or if driving is an activity central to its business, then it’s a very good idea to have a Driver Policy in place. In an ideal world, a Health and Safety Policy sets out all the arrangements that have been put in place to ensure the organisation complies with all relevant health and safety legislation.

It is not a good idea to have separate policies for everything (a Lone Worker Policy, a Manual Handling Policy, a First Aid Policy etc) when all topics can be covered in the one policy. It can be difficult enough to get workers to engage with health and safety, but it is much harder if there is a seemingly...

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Why your organisation might need a separate health and safety policy for drivers and what you should write in it.

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