Car accident while being at work

[YS2003]

Do you know what is going to happen to the employee who had an auto accident at work? Let's say he / she lost control of his / her company vehicle with collateral damages to guard rails and another passing car. The company's insurance will cover something; but, is there a personal out-of-pocket expense for that employee?

 

[ucfgrad93]

Possibly, or said employee could be terminated.

 

[dukebound85]

if your company has policies regarding seat belt usage, speeds of vehicles and other things, he/she could get fired for them if they broke them

i know of a manager who was working with a company for 20 some years who was canned for not wearing a seatbelt when he had a accidnet in a company trcuk

 

[r.j.s]

if your company has policies regarding seat belt usage, speeds of vehicles and other things, he/she could get fired for them if they broke them

Some companies may even hold the driver responsible for the damages.

 

[toolbox]

The place where i currently work has policies in place for the company cars.

1. If you get a speeding fine - That comes out of your pocket
2. Your not allowed to use the cars for non work related activities.

 

[YS2003]

if your company has policies regarding seat belt usage, speeds of vehicles and other things, he/she could get fired for them if they broke them.

Let's just say those basic rules were not broken. How about the simple traffic accident? A slippery road in a snowy or rainy day. Unintentional steering error. Something in that line.

 

[Sun Baked]

All depends on what the police report comes back with most likely.

A ticket with points leading to injuries or an accident could shift a chunk of costs onto the employee, all depends on the company.

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Expect that employee to have a private investigator run their entire life and pull a complete accounting of property owned and bank account balances.

Pulling a record of the amount of change in your pockets is typical these days, and is generally a step in deciding whether or not to file a civil case against you.

Though chances of being named as a co-defendant in a case against the employer is probably likely anyhow if the person in the other car hears a cash register go into overdrive with this accident.

 

[yg17]

Let's just say those basic rules were not broken. How about the simple traffic accident? A slippery road in a snowy or rainy day. Unintentional steering error. Something in that line.

There's no one answer. Each company can set its own policy regarding that. Some companies might just chalk one accident up to "sh*t happens" and you'll never hear about it again, some might fire you and make you pay for the repairs.

 

[Surely]

Are you talking about this now unemployed dumbass bus driver? <-Youtube

 

[poopyhead]

depends
did you break a company policy, then yes maybe
but typically if you were in a company car, or doing company business, or on the way to company business then this should fall under respondeat superior with the company being liablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respondeat_superior

 

[sdsvtdriver]

you will be ridiculed by co-workers for the rest of your employment