Working Time Directive
Is the time in which you can work and rest between driving tasks and conduct other working, per week, averaged over many weeks and much more before mandatory driver rest periods are legally required to be taken. This law sometimes calls it 'working time regulations'.
Enforcement & Penalties
The working time regulations for mobile workers will be enforced in Great Britain by DVSA and in Northern Ireland by DVTA.
Read moreEU / EC Hours Rules
In the scope of the EU drivers’ hours rules, then you are subject to the Road Transport WT Regulations 2005, unless you are an occasional mobile worker.
Read moreHorizontal Directive (1998)
The number of hours worked each week should be averaged out over 17 weeks. This period of time is called the 'reference period'.
Read moreMobile Workers
Mobile workers are covered by the Regulations if they are involved in operations subject to the European drivers' hours’ rules or in some cases the AETR.
Read morePeriod of Availability (POA)
Generally speaking, a period of availability ( POA ) is waiting time, the duration of which must be known in advance.
Read moreRecord Keeping
Employers are required to keep a record of employees working time. It is always important that it is recorded as accurately as possible.
Read moreReference Periods
The Government defines a reference period as a 17 (or occasionally 18) week period where a worker's time is calculated and averages a 48-hour week.
Read moreRoad Transport WTD
The WTD regulations define 'working time' as being from the beginning to the end of the mobile workers working day.
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