Working Time

10 EU Member States STILL to Implement RTD

It comes as no surprise to the Road Haulage Association to learn that nearly 6 months after the deadline for implementation that more than 10 Member States of the European Union have yet to implement the provisions of the Road Transport Directive. more…

Northern Ireland to adopt Road Transport Regulations

As things stand at the moment Northern Ireland is not covered by the EU Road Transport Directive (RTD) as it is applied in the UK Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations. This is because the appropriate legislation to cover the six counties has yet to be passed. more…

WTD opt-out may be removed

Moves are afoot in the European Parliament to extend the influence of the Working Time Directive in such a way that all workers would be subject to the 48hr maximum working week, similar to the RTD. more…

Road Transport Directive...but not for all

With the Road Transport Directive (RTD) due to come into force on April 4th, all drivers subject to the current EU Drivers Hours Regulations will have their working week limited to an average of 48hrs. Despite the fact that there are no opt-outs possible, it has come to light that certain commercial drivers will not be subject to the RTD. more…

Road Transport Directive to cost UK £2bn

Haulage and distribution companies will have to recruit an extra 43,165 drivers to compensate for restricted hours under the Road Transport Directive (RTD), according to the latest research by the Clearstone recruitment agency. more…

Survey presages trouble ahead for RTD

A survey of 250 companies by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and property consultancy NAI Fuller Peiser has revealed that the vast majority of UK lorry operators will not be fully compliant with the Road Transport Directive when it comes into force on 4th April. more…

The Reader is Skeptical

The Reader has provided TNN with another chapter in the ongoing struggle for RTD enlightenment. "Now there's a turn up. On Monday the rules for the Road Transport Directive finally went through Parliament and changed from vapour in the ether to concrete reality. Crack the champagne chaps we have lift off…" more…

RTD, Unions still skeptical

The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) have apparently not taken well to the imminent introduction of the Working Time (Road Transport Directive RTD) into the UK. Ron Webb, T&G national secretary for transport, said the issues of periods of availability, using holidays to calculate average working time and the controversy around occasional drivers were still very much 'live' for the unions. more…

RTD received as well as can be expected

With the final details of the Road Transport Directive now published, the reaction from road transport bodies has been broadly positive. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) however bemoaned the delay in the implementation of the RTD. more…

RTD, better late than never?

Today, at last, we have final confirmation as to how the EU Road Transport (Working Time) Directive - 2002/15/EC is to be incorporated into British law. According to the Department for Transport (DfT) the bill is to be laid before parliament today as "The Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005". more…

RTD, hurry up and wait!

With the Road Transport Directive only days away, our loyal reader has been trying to get ready for the new regulations. Things have not been going smoothly. more…