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Drivers 'tricked to work extra hours' INDUSTRY: Union claims truck firm bosses doctored time sheets to beat regulations.(News)
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Birmingham Mail (England)
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November 27, 2006
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Byline: By Chris Morley INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT
A TOP Midland truck firm was today accused ofirsthitourtelevisionscreensasof tricking its drivers into spending extra hours on the road after "doctoring" records to beat working time regulations.
Union bosses claim they stumbled on breaches involving eight out of 40 staff on the DHL Exel contract at Halfords headquarters in Redditch - and warned the discovery could be the "tip of the iceberg" involving the whole logistics industry in the UK.
They claimed a loophole in the law left it open for managers to falsify driver time-sheets without the employees' knowledge and then send them out tired in charge of 38-tonne ...