Posted By Debbie Walker
Hiya you super-helpful lot! (Creeping over).

Does anyone have a policy they are willing to share on the management of drivers hours (non-goods vehicle)?

Don't really want to reinvent the wheel - please pardon the pun!

Debbie

Posted By George Wedgwood
I have a few references:

Working time legislation for UK drivers
Announcing details of how the new Road Transport (Working Time) Directive will be implemented in the UK, the Roads Minister commented that drivers will benefit from less work-related stress and it is hoped there will also be road safety benefits.
The Road Transport Directive (RTD) affects ‘mobile workers’ in the transport sector. Two other specific Directives cover seafarers and pilots. The Department for Transport must transpose and implement the RTD into domestic legislation by 23 March 2005.
The new UK regulations will allow a four-month reference period for calculating the average 48-hour week, that can be extended to six months. The new regulations will also allow night workers to work more than 10 hours for every 24-hour period.
In addition:
• self-employed drivers will not be covered by the UK regulations until March 2009
• voluntary work will not contribute towards the working time of mobile workers under the new regulations
• workers who are occasionally subject to the Directive will be covered by the provisions of the Directive, including the 60 hour weekly limits, 10 hour limit (when doing night work), in addition to the daily/weekly rest and break requirements
• providing they have a collective or workforce agreement in place, companies have the choice to decide which method they want to use for calculating the average 48-hour week. They can use a rolling reference period (used under the existing regulations), or use one of the options for fixing the reference period
• the definitions of the Directive will be copied into domestic law
• detailed guidance on how the new legislation will be published in due course.
The Department for Transport will consult on the text of the new draft regulations at the beginning of June.
DFT Press Release
052
29 April 2004
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and;

I will email you some generic MORR Guidance for Drivers. Regards, George