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Three months of panic before WTD
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OPERATORS COULD have just three months to prepare for the Working Time Directive after the government admitted that publication of its final legislation could be delayed until December 2004.
Roger King. chief executive at the Road Haulage Association says that the timetable set down is unsatisfactory, as the WTD takes effect in March 2005:"It is vital the process is accelerated to give hauliers enough time to assess its impact on their businesses. While operators will have an outline of what is required, the devil is always in the detail," he adds. Richard Turner. chief executive at the Freight Transport Association, is also concerned that hauliers will have no lead time to assess the final impact of the WTD on their business.
Christian Salvesen boss Edward Roderick says that companies will need longer than three months to review the effects of it on their workforce,management team and clients: "There is a strong belief that many companies may also have to build extra warehousing in view of the WTD but it can take months to find a location and get planning permission.