Employers can make an immediate positive impact to promote safety and protect their employees. Employers are implementing cell phone policies in all industries and sectors – including private corporations, non-profits, government agencies, educational institutions, mass transit – not only for their fleets and commercial drivers, but for all employees.

Allowing employees to conduct either hands-free or handheld business on cell phones while driving represents acceptance of a four times increase in crash risk. The resources below can help you reduce this risk.

Policy Kit for Employers
 

Cell Phone Policy Kit
This free kit for employers includes materials to:

1. Build leadership support in your company for a cell phone policy.
2. Communicate to employees the crash risks and the need for a policy.

The kit provides ready-to-use sample policies, a presentation and written executive summary for senior management, and a variety of policy roll-out communications for employees, including presentation talking points, posters, voice mail greetings, FAQs, and newsletter articles. For more intensive education, the kit includes a 1-hour course with instructor and participant guides and PowerPoint presentation.

NSC Member Cell Phone Policies

Over 2,000 NSC members responded to a recent survey about employee use of wireless communication devices while driving. Major findings:

• 469 companies prohibit both handheld and hands-free devices while driving for some or all employees.
• 99% percent said productivity did not decrease

For more information about NSC members and cell phone policies, download Cell Phone Policy Survey Results.

More Resources to Help Employers

Employer Policy Presentations at the 2008 NSC International Symposium on Distracted Driving
The Coalition for Cellphone-Free Driving for employers in Canada, and AMEC, an international consulting firm, shared effective strategies for employers to build support and implement cell phone policies, including addressing productivity and accessibility.

Cell Phone Policy for NSC Employees
We are practicing what we preach. NSC's policy bans employees from using handheld or hands-free devices for any purpose while driving, both on- and off-the-job.

NSC Position/Policy on Cell Phone Use While Driving  Based on  research findings, the NSC adopted this policy and in 2009 became the first organization to call for a full ban, which includes banning hands-free, hand-held, texting and all other use of wireless electronic devices while driving.

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