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EU and GB domestic rules for drivers of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles
If you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach you must follow the rules…
If you employ drivers and other mobile workers, you need to: keep drivers’…
The rules that apply to goods vehicles depend on the weight of your…
If you’re driving a vehicle that carries passengers, the rules that apply…
Some types of vehicle are exempt from EU rules. This means they come under…
Even though the UK has left the EU, you may still need to follow EU rules…
The GB (Great Britain) domestic drivers’ hours rules apply to most…
The European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in…
If you work partly under EU or AETR rules and partly under GB domestic…
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
You cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged…
Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally…
You can choose to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you’re over…
Rules for lorry, bus and coach drivers on how many hours you can drive, exemptions from the rules, and when the rules can be relaxed temporarily.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
Your rights as a passenger when travelling by sea and inland waterway.
Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting
What to take into account when considering extended working hours at road works, including acceptable conditions and planning.
How the EU drivers' hours rules for goods vehicles work.
Find out the scale rate expenses for accommodation and subsistence paid to employees who travel outside of the UK.
Check how many hours of Driver CPC periodic training you’ve done and which courses you’ve attended.
How the EU drivers' hours rules for passenger carrying vehicles work.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.
Abdul Monir found guilty of running an illegal waste transfer station and depositing waste on Network Rail land. Monir also ordered to pay £2,000 compensation.
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