Richard has driven for 10 hours on Friday and Saturday. Due to the volume of deliveries he has been asked to do 10 hour drives on Monday and Tuesday. Is this legal?

Explanation: • This is illegal as he can only increase his driving to 10 hours twice a week: This is correct but the 'fixed week' ends at Midnight Sunday, therefore Friday and Saturday are in week 1 and Monday and Tuesday are in week 2.
• This is legal as long as he is not paid for the extra hours: No, payment does not affect this issue.
• This is illegal as he would have driven 58 hours in his working week: No, we do not have the information to know that he has, or has not driven for 58 hours this week.
• This is legal as Richard only increases twice in each fixed week: Correct.

Category: CPC Case Studies: Drivers' Hours