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A guideline to what TCs expect in terms of hours worked forms part of a consultation document issued by the Senior TC on statutory guidance and directions.
Vehicles Proposed hours per week Up to two eight Three to five 15 Six to 10 20 11 to 14 25 15 to 29 full time 30 and above full time (additional assistance required) Consultation closes 25 February 2011 (not related to the access regulations): www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/ verdict on the part-time managers’ crackdown. “The TCs have done what they can to tackle the problem. But how can a person living in the west Midlands be in charge of several hundred trucks in the north-west of England?
“I think it will help to drive standards up across the board, even in blue chip companies where people think everything must be fine because of their size. There are some large firms where compliance is so bad that VOSA could shut them down in a heartbeat.
“The trouble is that compliance at the moment is a tick-box exercise, and managers spend their time filling out sheets of paper.
“Sadly, the only way things will really improve is when someone responsible ends up in court charged with corporate manslaughter because something has gone terribly wrong.” Barnes shares the support for an international register of offenders.
“But the question is whether our friends in places like France, Spain and Portugal will implement it?”