![]() ![]() It added specific rules to mobile workers of operations subject to EU drivers' hours (tachograph) regulations. The Regulations provide for a maximum weekly working time which shall not exceed an average of forty-eight hours for each seven days. How far the Main Directive rules apply to mobile workers depends on whether the vehicle operation is covered by tachograph or domestic drivers' hours rules. It applied the Main Directive rules to non-mobile workers, and some of the rules to mobile workers. This was introduced in 2004 and amended the Main Directive by including the transport sector. As working time is one of the core aspects of employment law, the EU Working Time Directive 2003/88/EG is one of the most important pieces of EU social. However, the transport sector was temporarily excluded from its provisions. In broad terms, working time includes travelling if part of the job, working lunches and job-related. This was introduced in the UK in 1998 and gave new rights to employees and placed additional burdens on employers. Under the Working Time Regulations, working time means. The basic provisions of the Working Time Regulations state that employees are: Required to work an average of/no more than 48 hours a week, unless they specifically opt-out Entitled to 5. Working time legislation in road transport originates from the following EU directives. The Working Time Regulations 1998 put a limit on the number of hours that workers can work each week. Logistics UK will take advantage of future opportunities to make this case. ![]() However, as part of the Government's recent Red Tape Challenge Logistics UK appealed for the Road Transport Directive to be disapplied because members questioned whether there was any road safety benefit, given that EU drivers' hours rules already apply. ![]() Logistics UK members have agreed that the Association should press for a period of stability in these policy areas and resist any major alterations. It governs the hours employees can be asked to work. Significant changes made in the last 10 years. One of the major pieces of EU law which still remains part of British legislation is the Working Time Directive. ![]()
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