48 hrs & salaried question

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Mike-C:

dozy:
3. When you go back for your 2/3 run you will normally have a 2/3 hr wait for a reload,that could and should be either break or p.o.a,not just left on other work so you can have a hour or whatever you fancy at the next services.

I don’t think it can be break, WTD regs say this…

For the purposes of this Directive:

(a) “working time” shall mean:

  1. in the case of mobile workers: the time from the beginning to the end of work, during which the mobile worker is at his workstation, at the disposal of the employer and exercising his functions or activities, that is to say:
  • the time devoted to all road transport activities. These activities are, in particular, the following:

(i) driving;

(ii) loading and unloading;

(iii) assisting passengers boarding and disembarking from the vehicle;

(iv) cleaning and technical maintenance;

(v) all other work intended to ensure the safety of the vehicle, its cargo and passengers or to fulfil the legal or regulatory obligations directly linked to the specific transport operation under way, including monitoring of loading and unloading, administrative formalities with police, customs, immigration officers etc.,

  • the times during which he cannot dispose freely of his time and is required to be at his workstation, ready to take up normal work, with certain tasks associated with being on duty, in particular during periods awaiting loading or unloading where their foreseeable duration is not known in advance, that is to say either before departure or just before the actual start of the period in question, or under the general conditions negotiated between the social partners and/or under the terms of the legislation of the Member States;

Question is, can you leave site and go home for example, or shopping? If so it’ll be POA. If you can’t it clearly can’t be POA and it clearly can’t be break as you are required to remain ready at your workstation ready to take up work. Thats already defined above as “working time” and should be recorded as such.

I like this can anyone send me a link please. Ok found it.

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Reading this makes me realise how lucky I am.

I’m salaried and do round about 65ish hrs a week tramping. But my salary reflects this and makes me very very happy on the weeks i do 45-50hrs.

I keep below WTD by long long stints on bays.

Re. The OP, the militant side of me says if he wants you to do 60 hrs just drag 48 hrs worth of work out to 60 for a few weeks until he sees it as a self defeating aim in his behalf.

It then becomes in his interest to either back down, or pay the extra. Or of course try and get rid of you, so it is a bit risky. Depends how hard you want to play it.

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kjw21:
Re. The OP, the militant side of me says if he wants you to do 60 hrs just drag 48 hrs worth of work out to 60 for a few weeks until he sees it as a self defeating aim in his behalf.

It then becomes in his interest to either back down, or pay the extra. Or of course try and get rid of you, so it is a bit risky. Depends how hard you want to play it.

I’ll just see how it pans out over the coming months maybe it will sort itself out.