For a 'Europe on the move' road transport has to be 'fair', or in other words 'with appropriate protection for workers and conditions conducive to fair competition between businesses," explained Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner in charge of Employment, following the adoption on 31 May of the mobility package that includes a series of initiatives addressing transport drivers' working conditions.
In a bid to tackle social dumping by Eastern Europe transportation businesses the Commissioner is proposing that drivers involved in cross border transport for periods greater than three days within any given month benefit from the host country’s rules on the minimum wage and leave periods. The plan sets out rules for calculating the key three days (six hours of work equate to one full working day and under six hours counts as a half day and stand-by periods also count). The package also sets o
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