Company car drivers are clocking up more than 60 hours a week, raising the likelihood of road accidents.
Vehicle risk management company Risk Answers collected information from more than 200 company risk assessments and found companies were failing to take into account the time it took staff to drive to and from meetings.
Risk Answers director Jeremy Hay warned that travelling and driving should be considered as work time and fall within the scope of the Working Time Regulations. This stipulates employees should not work more than 48 hours per week when averaged over 17 weeks.
Hay said: "All companies should undertake an investigation into the working and driving hours of employees. A comprehensive safety audit would result in systems being put in place by businesses to ensure their staff work in
accordance with Working Time Regulations."
