Class 2 Driver Agency in Leeds

Leeds sits on or near the M62, the road that carries most of the North's retail distribution and the operations along it run to volumes that make short-notice cover a weekly reality rather than an emergency.

The freight geography around Leeds runs on the M1, M62 and A1(M). Operators draw on the M1 junction 45 and 46 parks, Stourton and the Aire Valley and the employers booking temporary staff here are typically retail and e-commerce distribution centres serving the whole of the North.

Trans-Pennine trunking is exposed to weather on the M62 more than most routes and a bad week pushes work into overtime hours the permanent staff have already used.

Nights on the M62 trunk routes, running between the northern distribution centres and back before morning.

Early starts are the norm on Class 2 — chilled and trade counter routes often load before 05:00. Municipal and refuse rounds run early through to mid-afternoon.

Tail lifts are the most common thing to go wrong on a rigid shift. Types differ, the safe working load is on the plate rather than in anybody's memory and the daily check belongs to the driver before the first pallet moves. Someone who has only ever run column lifts will be slow on a cantilever day at best and unsafe at worst.

No charge of any kind is made to a driver for finding them work. That is not a position we chose, it is what the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations require of an employment business and it means nothing is taken out of a driver's pay for the introduction itself.

Twelve weeks in the same role with the same hirer triggers equal treatment on pay and basic conditions under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. Most agencies notice this after the fact. We count it from shift one and flag it in advance.