Now I'm confused

This ad was found on the Jobcentre plus website…

HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
C + E hgv driver wanted
Hours 50 PER WEEK MONDAY - FRIDAY 6.AM START
Wage£7.00 - £10.50 PER HOUR
Duration PERMANENT

Description;
Must hold a current licence and be 25+ with 6 months experience for insurance purposes. Duties include general haulage nationwide. No nights out, overtime available. Working hours may vary according to business needs, but will start at approximately 6am. This post is initially for 6 months but may lead to permanent. This vacancy is exempt from the Working Time Directive. Details of this vacancy cannot be obtained through this route but for further advice on the working time directive call ACAS on 0845…

the job centre seem to have added the exemption and we all know how much they know about our industry :unamused:

theghostofcain:
This ad was found on the Jobcentre plus website…

HUCKNALL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
C + E hgv driver wanted
Hours 50 PER WEEK MONDAY - FRIDAY 6.AM START
Wage£7.00 - £10.50 PER HOUR
Duration PERMANENT

Description;
Must hold a current licence and be 25+ with 6 months experience for insurance purposes. Duties include general haulage nationwide. No nights out, overtime available. Working hours may vary according to business needs, but will start at approximately 6am. This post is initially for 6 months but may lead to permanent. This vacancy is exempt from the Working Time Directive. Details of this vacancy cannot be obtained through this route but for further advice on the working time directive call ACAS on 0845…

I suspect there will be more to this than is at first apparent! needs clarifying, otherwise how can they claim immunity from WTD for a full time Driver unless you spend several weeks out of any 17 cycle not driving as the only exemptions are O/D’s and those who do not do more than 11 in 17 or 16 in 26 duty weeks in any cycle.

would it be exempt if it were based on three monthly contracts?

CM:
as the only exemptions are O/D’s and those who do not do more than 11 in 17 or 16 in 26 duty weeks in any cycle.

Or if you are on domestic rules :wink: (like me)

On practically every driving job on the job centre website it states that it is exempt from the WTD, they obviuosly just havent caught up with updating it, either that or the job was posted a few weeks ago.

I think the site just needs updating, something they always seem reluctant to do.

paul b:
would it be exempt if it were based on three monthly contracts?

I suggest not because its the Driver that subject to the WTD not the job, so even if they were 11 week contracts the driver will still have driven for 11 weeks and will take that record with him or her to the next job, unless you intend to have a significant break between contracts.

Most of the jobs on jobcentre plus say they are covered by the WTD.

It’s also odd that it says ‘no nights out’ after explaining the job is ‘nationwide general haulage’.