Dealing with impaired driving penalties: Employers' dilemma
What if a worker needs breath-testing device to use company car?
Tamara Slobogean/Vancouver Sun Aug 11, 2011 07:33:51 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - BC's tough drinking and driving laws come with an unexpected and pricey consequence for employers.
If you get caught drinking and driving, you could be forced to install a breath-testing device into any vehicle you drive -- even if it's a company car. At a cost of about $1,700, it's not cheap.
We spoke with one man who believes you have to support the principle. "But at the same time, if it's going to create problems or hardships for both employers and employees, that's a heavy cost."
Another man tells us his carpenter friend hasn't driven since his drinking and driving violation because it's too expensive to get his licence back. "He busses it and if he's in a rush, he takes a cab."
Esquimalt's fire chief tells the Vancouver Sun he had no intention of installing the device in the department's command SUV. Instead, one of his assistants took an extended vacation until his 90-day suspension was up. |
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