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Weekend ruling on ADR classes

13th October 1994
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by Lee Kimber • Operators who send drivers on unpaid weekend training courses in order to meet ADR regulations could be forced to pay them backdated overtime, say unions.

This follows a magistrates' decision that a haulier broke drivers' hours rules because its staff attended courses on Saturday and Sunday.

Deben magistrates said drivers at Felixstowebased Goodway had failed to take sufficient rest periods as they were in effect "working" while in the classroom (CM 8-14 September).

Union chiefs will meet lawyers this week to decide whether this case strengthens their argument that all drivers who take similar courses should be paid in full. The Transport & General Workers Union has been campaigning for many months against employers who expect drivers to fund their own ADR training.

"The Goodway case adds another string to our bow," says TGWU Hull district officer George Douse. "We will advise members if they've been pressured to do this to go to their officer so we can get recompense. Obviously we are against any such weekend training which makes drivers work over their hours and could make them a danger on the roads. But if the drivers were coerced into doing it, they should be paid."

Goodway assumed drivers' hours would not be affected because, it said, the drivers volunteered to go on the course.

The company was fined £13,000: managing director Roger Jennings is appealing against the level of fine.


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