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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 2, 2008

Hands Down

Employers should consider taking a number of precautionary steps to minimize exposures from an employee's negligent use of a cellular phone while driving and conducting company business, write John Zaimes and Rania Afram - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By John Zaimes and Rania Afram
This article appears on Page 6

      Effective today, the California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act prohibits all drivers in California from using a handheld cellular phone while operating a motor vehicle, unless the cellular phone is configured to allow hands-free listening and talking while driving. This new law could impact California employers, especially those whose empl...

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