If I have a 40hr week in a non driving job would that put me over my working time for a weekend driving job
others will confirm but working time is less any breaks so a 40hr week is usually 37.5 assuming 30 min for lunch and no other breaks.
same with driving working time is only actual driving and other work any time with the tacho set to break or poa isnt counted.
you could easily work an 9 or 10 hour shift (actual work) every weekend or do a longer shift every other
watch out if your other job involves much use of your eyes as in precision work. Get into a driving job at weekends could be very risky for you
How on earth do you work that out??? Confused.com
Because it happened to me! i actually got double vision prob because id overstrained my eyes [doing 2 different jobs] your eye muscles may not cope,just saying.
not only eyes > Somebody i know worked on a building site all week for years never had a problem but on a holiday to Scotland was driven mad with the silence of it and came home early was a mess for ages after so theres subtle hidden dangers in doubling up
It depends what hours you work in your none driving job.
In any week that you drive in-scope of EU regulations you must have either a regular 45 hour weekly rest period or a reduced weekly rest period of no less than 24 hours.
You must have a regular 45 hour weekly rest period at-least every second week.
If your none driving job is nothing to do with road transport the 40 hours work will not count towards the average 48 hour working time per week for the drivers working time regulations, however the driving job will count towards the average 48 hour week for your usual job, but you can opt out of that anyway.
Generally people with full time jobs find that they can legally do one driving shift every second weekend but it does depend on what hours you work.
If we are talking HGV driving jobs, you would legally be able to work one day per fortnight on the weekend, assuming you currently work Monday - Friday. The weekend off every other week would allow for your required 45 hours break and you’d need to be taking a reduced weekly rest of at least 24 hours on the weekend where you’re working.
An agency may take you on - try supermarket work as a starter. I did it for a couple of years after passing class 1, before deciding to make the leap.
But the current flurry of snow is a timely nudge, if your driving time is extended for any reason, then you could have to park up or exceed hours.
You’ll also have to be keeping records of other work at your full time job as of now, so that you can show the 56 days as of next year.
On the bright side, You’ll have to do self assessment tax for the two jobs, so every penny of the second job gets taxed and NI.
So, we should all remember to turn our eyes off when not at work?
Only use our sight when it is needed, rather that wear our eyeballs out?
what i was saying is that if your second job uses your eyes differently ,for example if you were using a computer,or threading a needle over and over and then you hop into a truck for a shift you could be asking for disaster when you suddenly cant focus[ possibly at speed ] . When this happened to me [doub vision] i actually missed my step when stepping down a kerb and twisted my ankle to compound things
Ah, so do you mean that office workers, needle workers, or precision engineers, should not be allowed to drive home after work?
I have indeed heard of people suffering from double vision, and falling over kerbs.
I have not heard often known it caused by work, although I think George Brown said summat about “tired and emotional”!
And a nod to @tiredandemotional who has been absent fro quite a while now.
At the time of my own double vision [which lasted 6 weeks] i looked into it on the net -found a lighthouse keeper who took up making ships in bottles ,doing very well out of it but then His eyes played up had to stop it . When you think about it its logical say you are sitting at the wheel of a truck but you start painting stripes on trucks at weekends then monday back in the truck you think youre fine,until… .Anyhoo you might scoff -but iv lived it or should i say i drove thru it till my eye muscles recovered
I’ve never done self-assessment whilst working 2 jobs. The 2nd job is simply taxed at basic rate of 20%.
So who deducts the tax if it’s not you via self assessment? Or are you an employee for both? In which case what about NI for the 2nd job?
I’ve always been an employee for both.
At the moment I work for 2 different agencies, on PAYE for both, so all tax, NI and student loan is automatically taken.
I don’t think there is any other option these days?