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Dropped off at the far edge of town near to the motorway, an area where there's very little work. Spotted four of our drivers parked up and decided to have a chat.

I asked why they weren't plotted where there is a chance of getting a job, turns out they each drove bosses cars and had school runs ranging from £85 to £120 every day. They had around a 4 hour wait between dropping off and having to go back for the return and so they decided they'd rather sit and chat all day, maybe do 2-3 jobs, than drive back into town where they might have done 6 or 7 jobs in those four hours and then have to head back onto the motorway.

And they say driving a cabs hard work

The rest of the fleets school contracts range from £4.00 to £10.00 each way, the regulars not assigned to a car can be as low as £2.60 each way, no surprise then that half the fleet logs off when the bookings are due out

drivers were logging off on our company in large numbers at end of school time,so the company put a message out saying if this continues a rota syatem will be introduced.

How can they FORCE anyone who is self-employed to work at set times?

Which would give the drivers the right to claim "worker under the direction of the company" status which would allow them too manage their own tax affairs BUT would require the company to pay holiday pay and give employment rights ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,go for it

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cheap AND lazy

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I had one Tuesday morning where the job was 200 yards down the road for their kids, low and behold the mother came out still in her night clothes and got in the motor, she said, "I'm coming with them then you've got to bring me back here."

Bone idle tvvat.

ive got a contract, 1 pupil, the mum has altered start and finish times, now tells us theres "after school club" which finishes at 4.15, its a voluntary club, cant wait for her to tell me im collecting the pupil...

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I'd tell the mum that the contract time is when I'll collect and deliver the child.

the only time shes not got her way was once when she wanted the kid taken the opposite way 6 miles, i asked the county who said they only pay from home-school/school-home, not sure about anything voluntary/not education though yet (its swimming club)

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most