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  • Vehicle tracking

    hopefully someone can help with this situation at work.
    some time ago the company I work for decided to install telematics on the fleet vehicles using health and safety as the main interest for doing this, I understand HSE recommends tracking fleet vehicles and everybody was a little dubious but saw the bigger picture in the way it was sold to us at a large team briefing (this along with other work related stuff) a bonus system was talked about for good driving behaviours which seemed to sweeten the deal, at the time.


    When you read the telematics policy (we weren't briefed this) it can be used in ways against like pay rises and bonuses. The health and safety part of it does not seem to be anything to do with it these days, managers compare drivers with their driving standards and business units get looked at and compared by higher management. The bonus was a flop as there were not significant savings to be able to pay out any bonus payments.
    Today a manager was looking at the telematics system trying to locate a colleague which is totally acceptable, he then went on to check to see where others were, 'he's at macdonalds' he's at the supermarket, he's driving I heard the manager saying. Once this manager sent me a text saying you didn't ask if I wanted anything from the take away as a joke. I looked around in the car park and thought he was parked up somewhere, I didn't see him so I called him and he was in the office looking at the trackers.

    With new gdpr guidelines, we have never signed anything, a third party is being used to collect data. Some of our travel home is in our own time and the company has in its policy to use this information against us.

    is there someone on here who knows their stuff to do with this topic please?
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    I presume that you take the vehicles home and they are not left in a depot overnight? What happens if you are away for an extended period e.g. holidays. Are you allowed to use the vehicle for personal use or is it merely business travel during work hours and between work and home at the start and end of each working day?

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    • #3
      Hi, thelittleguy,

      I think we need a little more information before we can point you in the right direction. As Ula asked above can you confirm the arrangements for the work vehicle. Did you have use of it out of work hours, other than to drive home and to work? Are your employers tracking employees out of work hours. What does your contract say about work vehicles and their use. Sorry more questions but hopefully we'll be able to point you in the right direction once we have your response.
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