truckman020:
not so sure,rates seem to have gone up big time,been looking on indeed and total jobs,most jobs for class 1 are £13 to £16 pounds an hour,wasn’t like that last year and it’s not just for the run up to Christmas,to pay that kind of hourly rate what are haulage bosses paying the agencies,and if they can pay that why not pay that to the drivers instead of the agencies,must be a tax thing
It’s not the same.
Employers can pay a premium to agency drivers because they don’t cost them anything outside the hours they work. No NI contributions, no pension contributions, no holiday pay, no staff benefits, duty of care like paid time off for bereavement, no/less ongoing training, etc. etc. and when it’s quiet, they can bin them off whereas they still have to pay the full timers a full weeks wage.