Compliance & Chain of ResponsibilityNew Zealand’s laws on heavy vehicle transport require that all parties involved in the supply chain take steps to ensure safe transport and avoid risky behaviour. This includes transport users, drivers and company directors.
Chain of Responsibility (CoR) is the idea that all people who influence driver behaviour and compliance should and must be held accountable if that influence results in non-compliance with traffic rules and laws. This could include drivers, loaders, freight brokers and logistics planners.
A recent change in Australian CoR law has strengthened the requirements and aligned them with workplace health and safety laws to encourage greater proactive risk management. The Government is also considering similar changes here as part of its road safety strategy.
This is why it’s important for you to consider your own business and whether any areas of concern need to be addressed and rectified. If you’re not sure how your CoR obligations are currently being met, talk to one of our specialist Chain of Responsibility consultants today.
Our telematic solutions provide data insights and oversight that are essential in helping you to meet your legal requirements. They help you to identify, assess and manage your responsibilities in relation to HVNL legislation as well as your own organisational policies and procedures.
For example, IntelliTrac driver App quickly converts paper based pre-start checklists into electronic forms and reports the results to managers in real time back at the office. This means that maintenance issues can be identified and fixed as soon as they are found, minimising the impact on a driver’s adherence to CoR compliance and ensuring reliable, safe vehicles.
IntelliTrac also helps to minimise fatigue risk and assists with adherence to NHVR regulations or your own organisational WHS/HSE policies by providing flexible Fatigue Management exception reporting and alerts. Managers can be notified via email or text when drivers are over the limit or in excess of their maximum gross weight and if they’re travelling outside their normal operating window.
We can assist you in reviewing your responsibilities and developing policies, processes and systems to help you comply with these regulations, while reducing risk of prosecution. Our team will work with you to identify the compliance thresholds for your business and help you proactively implement any processes needed to meet them.
Modern slavery and worker exploitationNew Zealand’s modern slavery legislation is designed to ensure that companies have due diligence processes in place in relation to their workforce, including potential employees, contractors, or suppliers. It also requires companies to disclose any instances of modern slavery and labour exploitation that may occur in their supply chain.
Our forensic investigators can carry out a thorough investigation into any possible modern slavery or worker exploitation that may be occurring in your business. We can then report back to you with a comprehensive assessment of your organisation’s responsibilities and what steps you need to take to improve compliance.
The chain of responsibility New Zealand’s legislation relating to the supply chain in trucking is a very complex area that often needs expert knowledge and guidance. For this reason, we’ve created a course that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to recognise and apply your CoR responsibilities in your own role.