News Archive
Welcome to the archived news page of the United Road Transport Union.
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Protection from Sexual Harassment booklet
20/3/2018
You are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace by the Equality Act 2010.
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TEMPORARY RELAXATION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF GB DOMESTIC DRIVERS' HOURS RULES: COLLECTION OF RAW MILK FROM FARMS IN GREAT BRITAIN
3/3/2018
The Department for Transport has agreed to a temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of the GB domestic drivers' hours rules for drivers involved in the collection of raw milk from farms in Great Britain.
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DFT Notification - drivers' hours - severe weather
2/3/2018
The Department for Transport has issued the following statement in relation to the current severe weather event and the drivers' hours rules.
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Workers in the UK put in more than 31 billion worth of unpaid overtime a year
23/2/2018
UK workers gave their employers £31.2 billion of free labour last year by doing unpaid overtime
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EXTENSION TO TEMPORARY RELAXATION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF DRIVERS' HOURS AND WORKING TIME RULES: DELIVERY OF LPG
23/2/2018
Due to continued shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at a strategically important refinery in England, the industry have requested an extension to the relaxation.
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TEMPORARY RELAXATION OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF DRIVERS' HOURS AND WORKING TIME RULES: DELIVERY OF LPG
9/2/2018
The Department for Transport has, pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, agreed to a temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers' hours and working time rules
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URTU Training Courses 2018 - 2019
23/1/2018
The dates of the URTU Lay Official Training courses for the rest of 2018 and 2019 have been announced.
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CPC Workshops
17/1/2018
The URTU's Union Learning project is running two CPC workshops, one in England and one in Wales.
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Ministers' plot could slash paid holidays for 7 million workers
17/12/2017
A ministerial plot to scrap the Working Time Directive in the UK reported today could deny paid holidays to millions of workers, and make long working weeks the norm
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Two-thirds of zero-hours workers want jobs with guaranteed hours
4/12/2017
Most people on zero-hours contracts are not on them by choice, new TUC polling has revealed today.
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