Trade Plate Drivers? Read this!

This is a link to some new I found yesterday, and I believe it may make trade plate driving much more rewarding by law! Please take time to read the link which was on the bbc website yesterday, has far as I understand, if you are or are thinking of becoming a trade plate driver, this will most likely affect you.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34210002

I don’t get it, why would it affect trade plate drivers ?

As the normal WTD can be fully opted out of then what difference will it make ?

ROG:
As the normal WTD can be fully opted out of then what difference will it make ?

I imagine it could make a big difference, not everyone wants to opt out of the 48 hours week, also now that in certain circumstances travelling time has been legally stated to be working time a lot of people will be wanting to be paid for it if they’re not already.

tachograph:

ROG:
As the normal WTD can be fully opted out of then what difference will it make ?

I imagine it could make a big difference, not everyone wants to opt out of the 48 hours week, also now that in certain circumstances travelling time has been legally stated to be working time a lot of people will be wanting to be paid for it if they’re not already.

I can imagine many employers asking if they are going to opt out or not and then taking that into consideration before deciding to employ or not …

I think you’ll find that most larger companies/organisations have an agreement in place with the workers or their representatives/unions, so whether to opt out or not isn’t even an option.