Common use of Poor Driving Performance Clause in Contracts

Poor Driving Performance. When an employee is required to drive in the performance of duty, his/her ability and willingness to drive safely is an important aspect of overall job performance. The failure of an employee to drive safely must be a matter of concern to the Department Head who will be expected to take all means available to identify a poor driver and to improve the employee’s driving performance or to relieve the employee of that duty. Poor driving, as other poor performance, can be the basis for discipline pursuant to Article 31 of this Agreement as well as other disciplinary and corrective measures. According to Article 31, discipline may include discharge, suspension, demotion for disciplinary purposes, reprimand, as well as other corrective measures. Department Heads shall monitor the accident reports of employees in order to control and minimize the risk liability to the County. To assist Department Heads to identify poor drivers, they shall look for the following situations:

Poor Driving Performance. ‌ When an employee is required to drive in the performance of duty, his/her ability and willingness to drive safely is an important aspect of overall job performance. The failure of an employee to drive safely must be a matter of concern to the Department Head who will be expected to take all means available to identify a poor driver and to improve the employee’s driving performance or to relieve the employee of that duty. Poor driving, as other poor performance, can be the basis for discipline pursuant to Article 31 of this Agreement as well as other disciplinary and corrective measures. According to Article 31, discipline may include discharge, suspension, demotion for disciplinary purposes, reprimand, as well as other corrective measures. Department Heads shall monitor the accident reports of employees in order to control and minimize the risk liability to the County. To assist Department Heads to identify poor drivers, they shall look for the following situationssituations which are intended to be instructive not all inclusive: