BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, it's a holiday special. As the holiday season arrives, this throws up a number of issues for operators. How they handle them can mean the difference between holiday fun and a holiday headache that may last much longer than the summer season. This time, the team are going to discuss:

• Providing suitable cover.
  • Agency and self-employed.
  • Recent caselaw.
• All change!
  • Key HR holiday rule changes 2024.
  • Practical things operators need to do.
• Summer chaos at Calais.
  • Long delays at borders.
  • What is the position for operators/customers/passengers?
  • Redress from ferry companies.
  • Commercial approaches.
  • Relief drivers and drivers' hours
• Cartel case update.

You can find more information on changes to holiday pay and entitlement rules on our sister podcast BACK your people here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/need-a-holiday-a-run-through-the-reforms/id1692007953?i=1000645022629

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/april-showers-its-raining-hr-changes/id1692007953?i=1000652001883

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: marketing@backhouses.co.uk

www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, it's a driver special. Your people are your business and your drivers can often be your greatest asset. However, they can also sometimes be your greatest liability. The team discuss:

•Common management challenges

omobile phones
otachographs
oattitude towards enforcement agencies
oaccidents and vehicle damage

•Supporting your drivers

odriver conduct hearings
onotifications to the Traffic Commissioner
olong-term sickness

•Second and part-time jobs

otreatment of drivers
otacho issues and time management

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: marketing@backhouses.co.uk

www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, it's a tachograph special. Like the rules governing them, tachograph issues are rarely straight-forward and understanding the rules and how to implement them is crucial, because - as we all know - if you make a mistake, you can't turn BACK time. The team discuss:

• Common mistakes

o Failing to understanding analysis software.

o Missing mileage.

o Reconciliation.

o Infrequent downloading of VU.

• Involving a human

o Human analysis.

o Driver follow-up.

o Infringements - simple driver error or a disciplinary matter?

• Had an accident?

o When and what do I tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner?

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: marketing@backhouses.co.uk

www.backhousejones.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, it's an EV special and we also have Phil White, Director and National Practice Leader -Transportation, from Gallagher Insurance Brokers as a guest speaker. The team discuss:

• Mind the orange parts! How your maintenance regime and technician's job will change.
• Training, assessing and managing the workshop to cope with the changes EVs bring.
• EVs and your insurance - a broker's view.
• Infrastructure - the impact on your operating centre and managing your landlord.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: marketing@backhouses.co.uk

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, the team discuss:

Dogs (and other animals) on buses - what does the law say, how to help your drivers manage this (illustrated above by a selection of Backhouse Jones employee dogs).

• Fitters - using a driver card and the driver CPC.
• Daily digital defects in 2024 - what's new and what is expected.
• Accessible Information - when the regulations apply and what they say.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

Contact: marketing@backhouses.co.uk.

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This time on our free BACK on air webinar, it's BACK to the future!

This week will have Phil White, the National Practice Leader for Transportation from Gallagher joining us and the team are going to discuss:

• Autonomous vehicles
  • What does the law say, how are the trials going and how far off are they?
  • The view from an insurance perspective.
• Selling a business or company
  • Key ingredients of a smooth transaction.
  • If it all goes wrong - Not being paid, limiting your chances of being sued, understanding the commercial reality of what you have bought.
• Periods of grace
  • What they are.
  • What they aren't.
  • An action plan for moving forward.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

This week on our free BACK on air webinar, prosecutions are BACK! the team discuss:

• Lorries, cyclists, GoPro evidence - where are we now?
• Being prosecuted for overloading.
• Disciplining and managing drivers that have overloaded a vehicle.
• Third-party complaints against drivers - witness and dash-cam evidence.
• Propose to revoke letters and time limited interims.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!

BACK on Air is THE podcast for operators who have compliance on their mind and road transport at the heart of their business.

This podcast is a recording of our live fortnightly webinar held every other Friday. So, if you like what you hear and fancy joining the live event where you can ask questions, and vote on our interactive polls, Just register through this link: https://backhousejones.co.uk/free-webinar/

To acknowledge International Women's Day, this week Jonathon speaks with some of our high flying female lawyers on the subjects that matter to you including: Clandestine entrants; Accidents and uninsured loss recoveries - could you be entitled to more cash? Recent important developments in people management; a whistle stop tour of the Spring Statement - from an operator's perspective. We also be joined by two guests:Alison Edwards, Director of Policy and External Relations at the CPT. Kerri Cheek, Director of Women in Bus and Coach.Our guests will be joining in the discussion and speaking about various transport related operational matters and the Women in Bus and Coach initiative.

The content of this podcast is correct at the time of broadcasting and isn’t meant to be specific legal advice. If you need advice, we recommend that you take proper legal advice for your individual situation.

Please leave us a review and of course details of any areas you would like us to cover in Your employees' health and your business future episodes. We do read them and it helps others find our podcast. Enjoy!