Latest Updates in Transport
Coronavirus: changes to road transport rules
The
Department for Transport and the Senior Traffic Commissioner have published
many updates in respect of interim operations/regulations, as well as there
being deferments in respect of MOT testing.
Here is the summary of the latest updates issued by Government:
- Drivers CPC cards that expire between 1 February 2020 and 31 August 2020 have their validity extended for 7 months.
- Drivers are now allowed up to an additional 29 days to complete periodic CPC training, due to COVID-19 disruption. No enforcement action will be taken against drivers from 1 September 2020 to 30 September 2020 if their DQC expired during this period
- All tachograph calibration and inspection certificates which are listed as expiring between 1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020 are extended by 6 months from the date the calibration was originally due.
- All tachograph calibration certificates expiring from 1 September 2020 must be renewed as usual.
- From 1 March 2020 to 31 August 2020, drivers who apply to renew their tachograph card no later than 15 days before their card is due to expire, can continue to drive until they receive a new card.
- The maximum grace period a Traffic Commissioner may give an operator to demonstrate renewed financial standing following a finding that the requirement has not been met has been extended from 6 months to 12 months. This only applies to assessments of inadequate financial standing made between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2020.
For more information please click HERE.
Breaking news on holiday pay
A worker has the same holiday entitlement, regardless of whether they are on sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave and adoption leave, and other types of statutory leave. A worker may request a holiday at the same time they are on sick leave but cannot be required to take it while off sick.
Furloughed Workers can CONTINUE to accrue statutory holiday entitlements, and any additional holiday provided for under their employment contract. Workers on furlough can take holidays without disrupting their furlough.
Where it has not been reasonably practicable for the worker to take some or all of the 4 weeks’ holiday due to the effects of coronavirus, the untaken amount may be carried forward into the following 2 leave years. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/holiday-entitlement-and-pay-during-coronavirus-covid-19
The new measures of UK Travel Quarantine
The new rules came into force on Monday 8th June. Everyone arriving in the UK needs to isolate for 2 weeks, to stop the spread of Coronavirus. However, there are few exemptions and rules.
- Residents or visitors traveling to the UK on or after 8 June must provide journey and contact details.
- Self-isolate in the place you’re staying in for your first 14 days in the UK
- You don’t need to complete the form or self-isolate if you are traveling from Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, where you stayed for at least 14 days. The new rules also do not apply if you are one of the key workers or diplomats. The full list of people that do not have to follow the new rules is here.
- If you don’t provide accurate contact details or fail to self-isolate you might be fined between £100 and £3200.
The government has provided extensive guidance on the new rules, which can be found here.
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