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Check what type of drivers' hours rules you need to follow if you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach.

• Overview

  If you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach you must follow the rules…

• Rules for employers

  If you employ drivers and other mobile workers, you need to: keep drivers’…

• Goods vehicles

  The rules that apply to goods vehicles depend on the weight of your…

• Buses, coaches and minibuses

  If you’re driving a vehicle that carries passengers, the rules that apply…

• Exemptions from assimilated drivers’ hours rules

  Some types of vehicle are exempt from assimilated rules (previously called…

• Assimilated rules

  Assimilated rules (previously called EU rules) apply if the maximum weight…

• GB domestic rules

  The domestic drivers’ hours rules in Great Britain (GB) apply to most…

• AETR rules

  The European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in…

• Driving under both assimilated or AETR rules and GB domestic rules

  If you work partly under assimilated (previously called EU rules) or AETR…

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

• Overview

  The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…

• Paid by the hour

  Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…

• Paid an annual salary

  Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…

• Paid per task or piece of work done

  Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…

• Paid in other ways (unmeasured work)

  If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…

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.

• Overview

  You cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged…

• Calculating your working hours

  Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally…

• Opting out of the 48 hour week

  You can choose to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you’re over…

Million Hours Fund application guidance.

• Updated: 30 July 2025

FCDO travel advice for Colombia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 1 August 2025

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.

• Updated: 29 January 2021

Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.

Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

Find out what you need to do when making a full declaration to send goods from the UK.

• Updated: 13 May 2025