UK : TNT conteste la lettre même des nouvelles directives..
Selon http://www.distributionb.com/frn/tpl/news/news.php
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Ce texte est très intéressant.. en ce qu'il réclame un véritable détournement du texte communautaire.
En l'espèce TNT UK explique que le temps qui n'est pas consacré à la conduite ne devrait pas être pris en compte dans la durée moyenne de 48 heures par semaine. L'idée est de continuer à payer les conducteurs pendant les périodes d'attente au chargement ou au déchargement, et de pouvoir leur faire faire en contre-partie plus d'heures de conduite (rémunérées cela va sans dire).
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TNT demands clarification on working time law
TNT is calling for urgent and unequivocal clarification from the government as to when a driver is or isn’t deemed to be on ‘active’ duty under the terms of the Working Time Directive due to become law next February.
The company says the government needs to give a clear lead to industry on how to interpret “periods of availability” under the pending European legislation, which will restrict the average working week to 48-hours for all mobile workers including TNT drivers.
TNT has waged a six-year campaign against the imposition of the WTD – including handing in a petition to Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street – and says a “positive” determination on the issue would save UK industry having to fork out countless millions of pounds in additional expenditure.
Employee relations director Bert Proctor said: “There are times during a typical working day where our drivers are not actually driving. Tachograph records will show a regular daily work pattern and identify the times when a driver isn’t at the wheel. An easy example would be at the hubs when their vehicles are being loaded and unloaded by loading bay operatives.
“We believe these periods of what we call ‘foreseeable downtime’ should not be included as part of their average 48-hour week. This would give us the option of adding extra periods of time onto the workday and help maintain productivity levels.
“We would continue to pay our drivers for the time when they are waiting for their vehicles to be loaded and unloaded, but in addition they would have the capacity to earn extra money for the extra time added to their working day.”
TNT says this interpretation of the ‘periods of availability’ would comply with the needs of the WTD but offer greater flexibility for employers and greater earning capacity for employees. The UK Government has so far failed to give any guidance to TNT and the rest of UK industry as to how they should determine what constitutes ‘working time’.
Although vehemently opposed to the imposition of the WTD, TNT accepts that it is now virtually inevitable it will become law.
The company estimates the WTD could lead to a 15 per cent increase in the number of drivers and vehicles it requires at a time when British industry is faced with an estimated shortfall of 60,000 drivers and Government and environmentalists are calling for a reduction of vehicles on the roads. Bert predicts it will cost TNT ‘tens of millions’ of pounds in extra manpower and vehicle costs.
On a national scale, economists and business analysts predict the WTD for mobile workers will cost UK industry well in excess of a billion pounds in the first 12 months.
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Selon http://www.distributionb.com/frn/tpl/news/news.php
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Ce texte est très intéressant.. en ce qu'il réclame un véritable détournement du texte communautaire.
En l'espèce TNT UK explique que le temps qui n'est pas consacré à la conduite ne devrait pas être pris en compte dans la durée moyenne de 48 heures par semaine. L'idée est de continuer à payer les conducteurs pendant les périodes d'attente au chargement ou au déchargement, et de pouvoir leur faire faire en contre-partie plus d'heures de conduite (rémunérées cela va sans dire).
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TNT demands clarification on working time law
TNT is calling for urgent and unequivocal clarification from the government as to when a driver is or isn’t deemed to be on ‘active’ duty under the terms of the Working Time Directive due to become law next February.
The company says the government needs to give a clear lead to industry on how to interpret “periods of availability” under the pending European legislation, which will restrict the average working week to 48-hours for all mobile workers including TNT drivers.
TNT has waged a six-year campaign against the imposition of the WTD – including handing in a petition to Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street – and says a “positive” determination on the issue would save UK industry having to fork out countless millions of pounds in additional expenditure.
Employee relations director Bert Proctor said: “There are times during a typical working day where our drivers are not actually driving. Tachograph records will show a regular daily work pattern and identify the times when a driver isn’t at the wheel. An easy example would be at the hubs when their vehicles are being loaded and unloaded by loading bay operatives.
“We believe these periods of what we call ‘foreseeable downtime’ should not be included as part of their average 48-hour week. This would give us the option of adding extra periods of time onto the workday and help maintain productivity levels.
“We would continue to pay our drivers for the time when they are waiting for their vehicles to be loaded and unloaded, but in addition they would have the capacity to earn extra money for the extra time added to their working day.”
TNT says this interpretation of the ‘periods of availability’ would comply with the needs of the WTD but offer greater flexibility for employers and greater earning capacity for employees. The UK Government has so far failed to give any guidance to TNT and the rest of UK industry as to how they should determine what constitutes ‘working time’.
Although vehemently opposed to the imposition of the WTD, TNT accepts that it is now virtually inevitable it will become law.
The company estimates the WTD could lead to a 15 per cent increase in the number of drivers and vehicles it requires at a time when British industry is faced with an estimated shortfall of 60,000 drivers and Government and environmentalists are calling for a reduction of vehicles on the roads. Bert predicts it will cost TNT ‘tens of millions’ of pounds in extra manpower and vehicle costs.
On a national scale, economists and business analysts predict the WTD for mobile workers will cost UK industry well in excess of a billion pounds in the first 12 months.
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