Company Van provided??

[snowhead]

It's all in the detail.

Are these existing employees who as a condition of employment needed a valid driving licence?
How long have they been employed?
How are they getting to sites currently?

Is there anything in thier job offer / contract stating they must have a car available for transport to site?

In the event of a car failing to start in the morning or breaking down during travel, will the employees still be paid or will they be expected to hire a car to continue travelling?

It's extemely unlikely that personal car insurance with business use would also cover goods carried, so if any goods were stolen or damaged in transit do the company accept it would be thier loss? (just as it would be in a company van)

I had a company provided van for 23years, with fully financed unlimited private use, the only cost being HMRC tax on benefit of use and on fuel.
I was also on Callout for that time and the Benefit tax still applies.

 

[John Matrix]

Then they will have to re negotiate with your employer.

R U paid more than them?
Are you more experienced than them?

There pay and company vehicle will depend on these things.

Yes I am on more money and a lot more experienced

 

[John Matrix]

Is the issue they don't want to use thier cars anymore?

Presumably the car users agreed to use thier car and receive a mileage payment at the time they were employed or at least were aware of it so could have not taken the job if they objected to it?

Yes this is the issue. They think that all employees should have a van. But not all employees run jobs. Or go out on their own. Plus having a van means running back and fourth to the yard to pick things up. Something else they don’t wana do. If I’m being honest. They don’t wana do a fat lot of anything other than have an easy day, go at 4 and be payed top dollar for it.
We can all feel entitled from time to time and have to knock ourselves back down to earth but they should have agreed all this at the interview stage.

 

[John Matrix]

We use our vans from home. The company is based in Swindon but all us 'on the road' guys live all over the UK so would be impossible to leave the van at work. Part of our contract is that we don't use the van for personal use

Me too. The first thing I say when I go for an interview is I have to have a van to go home in. The mrs uses the car in the day. Is this an issue? If it is I don’t even bother taking the interview any further.

 

[Midwest]

We use our vans from home. The company is based in Swindon but all us 'on the road' guys live all over the UK so would be impossible to leave the van at work. Part of our contract is that we don't use the van for personal use

I worked for a company where we had a 'company car' which we took home. Until a new boss came along who didn't like that perk. Quoting tax liabilities, we had to leave the car at the base, and travel under our own steam to pick the thing up to do our job. Arsehole, but he may have been factually correct?