More drivers get three weeks' holiday
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• A significant decrease in the number of drivers who get less than three weeks holiday per year is one of the findings of the third drivers' remuneration service survey, published by the Freight Transport Association.
The survey covers 447 companies employing almost 11,000 drivers, the results being classified in 35 separate areas. The findings enable subscribers to the service to compare their own drivers' wages and conditions with those of other companies.
Because of the diversity of businesses, size of vehicles and operational differences, overall averages are insignificant, but the results showed an increase of 13. per cent in average weekly earnings. This increase is partly due to an increase in commercial activity.
The longer holidays are a result of the Road Haulage Wages Council Orders, which specified three weeks holiday for drivers with over three years service. The survey also covers drivers' working conditions, including payments for nights away and meal and clothing allowances. The majority of payments for nights away are above the Wages Council minimum of £1.75 per night introduced in May 1972.