Thanks for your reply,

Been away last few days.

At my infant/junior school its school policy, if a pupil has to go home for what ever reason. The parents are contacted to collect their child.

At present without mentioning school name or the staff in question. There are members who have no transport and as said earlier park their cars outside on the road nearby and none drive any vehicle belonging to the school or council or use their own cars in any connection with the school or council.

From what can be understood it stems from a case where someone who had a accident in a vehicle belonging to a council and that council is being sued for liable.

Currently in the next few days, the staff will be asked to sign some document and produce as what is required and all will refuse to comply for reasons given above.

Thanks

In my experience, teachers can be champion whingers - you only need to see their outpourings at NUT conferences. Is it really the end of the world to show your employer that your car is road legal just in case, once a year, you have to use it on works business? If they need to pay extra for business use then I don't see why the employer shouldn't pay ( for employer read us the taxpayer).

And if the employer is being sued it's again us, the taxpayer, that picks up the bill.

Either way, who'd be a taxpayer.

autumnboy, your original post stated "A local school in a County Council area has asked its staff to produce and change the following". Is it any surprise we assumed you meant the teachers?

my wife is a teacher. when working full time in Herts, was required to do the above, (see original posting)

when working full time in Bucks the same again...

now with family she works as a supply teacher so doesn't need to produce full documents...(oxfordshire)

THE REASON THEY ASK FOR :- licence /MOT /TAX insurance is:-

teachers might/can be asked to take children to hospital. ie if a child falls during PE or play time, and the local Ambulance in rush hour might well take over 30mins....its faster for the school first aiders (my wife in the above cases) to take the child to A&E whilst the school staff contact the parents and inform them...

hence you wouldn't want your child to be rushed to hospital in an untaxed.unsured, unmot'd etc etc car.

just like at most companies now, when you start you get asked to provide driving records/details so they can be copied and names added to fleet cars

Paul.

wife teacher of over 15 years.