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If you cannot view this email correctly, please click here to view it online. Telematics: potentially a useful green tool but also consider the employment issues?Telematics, the science of sending, receiving or storing information via telecommunication devices, has become an integral part of fleet management. Essentially it is a tracking unit or "black box" inside a vehicle, which is designed to facilitate fleet management. Its traditional uses are wide ranging and include facilitating the collection of road tolls, managing road usage, pricing auto insurance, tracking fleet vehicle locations, recovery of stolen vehicles and car accident notification alerts.Laterly, telematics in fleet management is beginning to be seen as a green tool for businesses seeking to improve fuel efficiency, reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions, assist in measurement and reduction in carbon foot-printing and generally towards a reduction in overall transportation costs. There are certain employment issues that fleet operators ought to consider when using this kind of monitoring equipment. However use of telematics as a green tool, should give rise to fewer potential employment issues if the use is well planned and is transparent. Please click here for the full article. We now have an alert category for the latest developments in clean technology (aka green technology or greentech). To receive these updates, please click the 'edit my choices' link under 'my profile' at the top of this email and select Cleantech. For further information, please contact:
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