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<p>The latest proposals in the EU Mobility Package establish a road transport sector-specific
regime for the posting of workers. This is intended to provide an enforceable and
proportionate set of rules, based on harmonised administrative requirements for drivers
and operators and on information exchange between Member State authorities. The Government’s
assessment is that this will reduce administrative burdens that can be placed on UK-based
drivers operating abroad. It is also proposed to introduce a limited exemption from
posting rules for bilateral international operations. UK-based drivers may therefore
in some circumstances be exempt from the prevailing local minimum wage rate while
working in other Member States, although this would not be expected to entail a change
to their contractual entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The latest proposals in the EU Mobility
Package are that the driving and rest time rules would be modified to enable a driver
to return to their base at least once every four weeks. In this context, to enable
more of a driver’s rest time to be taken at home, it is proposed to enable drivers
to take two consecutive reduced weekly rests, provided the reduction is compensated
for. The Government considers that these rules would have a very limited effect on
UK-based drivers, whose working patterns do not normally entail multiple weeks away
from home.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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