- Conference
- 2013 Water, Environment & Transport Service Group
- Date
- 5 February 2013
- Decision
- Carried
Issues are being experienced in some Branches including Scottish Water whereby the Working Time Regulations appear to be being misinterpreted in particular when working time begins.
Instances that have come to the fore include employees being required to do basic vehicle checks in their own time before commencing work.
In addition, employees are being told to log on and receive all their work on their hand held devices in their own time.
Of even more concern is that employees are being expected to drive their vehicles to their first job in their own time which is clearly unacceptable.
This Conference calls on the WET Executive to devise an easy to understand checklist in regards to what falls within the Working Time Regulations to allow Branches to challenge such inappropriate instances as those listed.