Class 1 Driver Agency in Nottingham

Nottingham sits in the part of the country that works hardest between midnight and six. The air-freight and parcel networks based here move their volume overnight and the labour requirement follows it.

The freight geography around Nottingham runs on the M1, A52 and A46. Operators draw on the M1 junction 24 to 26 parks, Colwick and Blenheim and the employers booking temporary staff here are typically express parcel and air-freight network operators running overnight sortation.

The overnight express networks based at East Midlands Airport run their whole operation in a window of a few hours, so sortation, loading and shuttle work is concentrated into nights that must be fully staffed or not run at all.

Twilight picking from mid-afternoon into late evening, feeding the night despatch.

Nights and trunking dominate Class 1. Expect start times through the evening and early hours, 4-on-4-off patterns on network trunks and weekend cover on retail replenishment.

An agency driver's infringements do not stay with the agency. They sit in the data downloaded from the driver card and the vehicle unit, they surface in an audit and they attach to the licence the vehicle runs on. Drivers' hours history therefore matters to a hirer in a way it does not on any other temporary seat and it is a fair thing to ask about before a shift.

Before terms are agreed, every driver receives a Key Information Document setting out who employs them, how the pay cycle works and what comes off the gross figure. It is a legal requirement on an employment business and it is also the fastest way to stop an argument arriving in week three.

Equal treatment on pay and basic conditions applies after 12 weeks in the same role under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. We hold the count per worker per role and raise it with you before the threshold rather than on the invoice that follows it.