Employees who drive their own cars on company business can expect to see their mileage rates fall in many organisations. The green agenda is converging with the demands of cost-cutting to push these rates down. The Lake District National Park Authority, for instance, is now consulting with employees to drop the maximum mileage payment from 65 pence a mile to 40 pence from April. In a move to force down CO2 emissions, staff are also being encouraged to use video-conferencing, the train or the humble telephone in preference to driving. The authority hopes that many other employers will follow its example. While pay freezes and job losses are capturing most of the headlines, the changing terms and conditions of employees who keep their posts are attracting less attention.
The Independent, February 2011
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