11th February 2011, 04:45 PM
We are looking at the facts. A company vehicle is a workplace, that is a fact. Even if you are not driving, you are still working if you are travelling between places of work (eg an office and another venue). If you choose to accept this as unpaid, effectively increasing your working hours, that is up to you. Because (as it seems) everyone does, that is why it happens. I presume however that it is legal to have variable "usual" places of work and you would therefore have to get to each site under your own steam.
You can "force" someone to drive if that is part of their contract, a condition of their employment. To deliberately drive badly would be an offence, as well as irresponsible: just state that you do not wish to drive as part of your duties at your interview.
You can "force" someone to drive if that is part of their contract, a condition of their employment. To deliberately drive badly would be an offence, as well as irresponsible: just state that you do not wish to drive as part of your duties at your interview.