WORKING TIME LATEST
June 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORN AND KEITH NUTHALLTHE STAGE has been set for a second round of political wrangling over the proposed extension of EU working time rules to road haulage sector, after the European Parliament confirmed substantial amendments to the plan.MEP's agreed to proposals from their social affairs and legal committees, which will insist on self-employed drivers being automatically included within five years of the directive receiving final approval.(NOTE - that is two years for the directive to be implemented as a whole and an extra three years' grace for ...
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