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In a Section 19 Public Inquiry hearing heard last year (2023) the Traffic Commissioner highlighted again the importance of permit operators ensuring that their vehicles allow passengers and other road users to be safe, and that if an operator’s vehicles fall below the required safety standards then there is a risk of their permits being […]
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Employment Law
Haulage & Logistics
At one time or another, many transport companies need to rely on the services provided by agency drivers, to best cope with sudden fluctuations in demand or to fill driver shortages. This allows for the undisrupted continuation of services by these organisations. However, there are important laws and regulations that operators must abide by when […]
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Coach & Bus
Employment Law
Haulage & Logistics
Whether you are for or against ‘legal’ immigration, the issue of illegal immigration is most definitely high on the UK government’s agenda. In August 2023, it was announced that from 2024 the penalties imposed on employers who are found to be employing people who do not have a right to work in the UK would […]
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Haulage & Logistics
In early 2022 the Department of Transport (DfT) launched a consultation into the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) regime, following a review undertaken in late 2021 on the driver shortage issues. The DCPC is a qualification that new drivers of certain goods or passenger carrying vehicles must hold in addition to their driving licences. […]
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