Surely it doesn’t matter how long any “reference period” is once a haulier has reached the point of “over-using drivers to work the long hours as cover” because they cannot afford to actually see through the “Correct” way of doing things, such as “Work a driver 60 hours one week, and you should give them a short week of 36 hours the following week”.
No. The average hours 48 thing is over a 17 or 26 week reference period, so that driver ends up being grounded but still at work when they run short of hours.
The average hours for calculating the minimum wage - makes it look even worse if you think about it.
If you spend say, 24 hours between disembarking at Dover and re-boarding having made your round trip to wherever in the UK that driver was tipping…
Bet they are not paid based on the 12-15 hours they’ll actually be running to get the job done! They’ll be paid 10-12 hours. The job cannot be done though, so you work hours 13-15 unpaid - or miss the ferry home!
So you get paid £100 for that day’s pay? - That’s about £6.60 per hour based on the hours you’ve actually been on duty. Around £8.25 per hour if you “off-book” some hours as breaks and POA.
So… If a European incoming driver is getting less than £100 per day - it’s STILL pushing below minimum wages!
Even with the drop in Sterling that has made 110 Euros “Enough”, how many drivers are working 5-6 such shifts per week - and not even getting 2-3 days worth of that money?
Tell me I’m wrong: European drivers coming to the UK to tip earn around 400 Euros per week? What’s the range per the different EU countries of origin?
Who are all these maniacs driving the Dutch-plated Lorries we see a strong rise in the numbers of lately? - Bet they’re not “Dutch”! 