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• Police are unable to guarantee that drivers who inform on employers are safe from 'prosecution,
26th October 1995, Page 6
26th October 1995
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Page 6, 26th October 1995
— • Police are unable to guarantee that drivers who inform on employers are safe from 'prosecution,
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despite union demands for amnesties for employees who blow the whistle. URTU general sec
retary David Higginbottom says drivers who inform on law-breaking employers should have immunity. URTU is continuing to press the Vehicle Inspectorate to grant amnesties, he says, and
that action against hauliers, rather than drivers, might help stamp out what he described as "institutionalised law-breaking" in the industry. "It may mark a change in emphasis if hauliers get it in the neck," he says.
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