EC launches new scheme for hours
19th December 1991, Page 7
19th December 1991
Page 7
Page 7, 19th December 1991
— EC launches new scheme for hours
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MI Britain's hauliers face having a 48-hour maximum working week imposed by Brussels, despite the UK's refusal to sign the Social Chapter at Maastricht last week.
Having failed to impose a 48hour week through social legislation, the Eurocrats are trying a back-door approach through health and safety rules.
A new draft directive, which would cover all workers, also proposes a minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours and a minimum weekly rest of 35 hours.
The Road Haulage Association says that a 48-hour week would have disastrous affects on the industry, and alleges that the directive would cut across existing EC drivers' hours rules, causing considerable confusion over which rules would apply.