Employers are concerned that they may be held liable for accidents caused by their employees while drivng and conducting work related conversations on cell phones. Under the doctrine of vicarious responsibility the employer can be held liable for negligent acts of their employees committed in the course of employment.
Employers can also be held accountable if they do not have a policy in place for safe use of cell phones. It has become more common for employers to put into action a cell phone policy to protect the business from potential liability. Some of these policies allow the use of cell phones as long as the employee pulls over to the side of the road or into a parking lot. While other policy mahe workers prohibit the use of cell phones altogether in the work vehicle.
This information was recently released from the Insurance Information Institute.
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