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Why not make your drivers self-employed?
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I RUN A SAME-day haulage company with vehicles from a small van 1o7.5-tonne lorries.
When! started this business I had permanent drivers for each vehicle but I found this to be extremely costly and unproductive in many ways.
First, the drivers simply settle into a no-care attitude towards their job from about one year into their employment.
There is also the problem of holidays—not only do you need to pay the driver for having time off but you also need to pay a replacement. In the vast majority of other jobs, colleagues and co-workers simply fill the role until the relevant employee returns.
I've recently started what I believe is a common practice in the transport industry by making my drivers self-employed with their agreement.I lease the van/lorry to them and they also need to pay for their fuel and insurance:they have the flexibility to work whenever they want for whoever they want.
I found this significantly improves drivers' attitudes towards their job and keeps them focused on providing a quality service. Is there any problem with this system?
Article W of the new drivers' hours regs (EC 561/2006) makes a transport undertaking liable for drivers' hours and tachograph offences detailed in Chapter II of the regulation and EEC 3821/85. Why will drivers be fined for hours and tacho offences under the proposed Graduated Fixed Penalty scheme when liability for the of appears to lie elsewhere?
Andrew Gale NYK Logistics, Castleford, West Yorks