Annual leave

[Bodulike]

Hi I am a owner driver at Parcelforce and I would like to know what leave I am entitled to as I have been told I need to find my own cover but I work under a contract and contract law states I am allowed annual leave can someone help please.

[eric the viking]

Hi I am a owner driver at Parcelforce and I would like to know what leave I am entitled to as I have been told I need to find my own cover but I work under a contract and contract law states I am allowed annual leave can someone help please.

You will be classed as self employed and will have to provide your own cover or you will be charged by parcelforce if they have to cover.

[villan]

Sorry to resurrect an old topic but for me it's relevant now as I'm considering being an owner/driver. I understand about having to provide cover for absences as I would be contracted to provide the service 52 weeks of the year, but in practise how do others go about it?

I can imagine that each member of a group of drivers might agree to do a little extra to cover one in the group who needs to take time off. So, if there are 6 drivers in the group then when one needs to take a day off, then presumably each of the other 5 would do a fifth of the parcels the absent one would have delivered. Can anyone tell me if this is what happens? Or what other options for providing cover are there?

Thanks.

[We Love our Grandad]

If You take the Kings shilling Live with it
Take it you've read and signed the owner driver pack and T&C's.

[Pomme77UK]

You will find very little way of help regarding OD matters from non OD I'm afraid

[simonj12]

There's next to no chance of 6 OD routes being close enough together for it to be practical for the other 5 to cover the 1 on holiday. I think your best bet is to try to find a local self employed sameday courier who's got multidrop experience and train him up on your route. Not easy though. Most will start twitching and break out in a cold sweat at the thought of multidrop.

[grahamkirwin]

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[77SAMPOST77]

Sorry to resurrect an old topic but for me it's relevant now as I'm considering being an owner/driver. I understand about having to provide cover for absences as I would be contracted to provide the service 52 weeks of the year, but in practise how do others go about it?

I can imagine that each member of a group of drivers might agree to do a little extra to cover one in the group who needs to take time off. So, if there are 6 drivers in the group then when one needs to take a day off, then presumably each of the other 5 would do a fifth of the parcels the absent one would have delivered. Can anyone tell me if this is what happens? Or what other options for providing cover are there?

Thanks.

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Just do not do it ,
Owner drivers are treated like s**t by Parcelforce ,
Very large overweight parcels to deliver nearly all needing proof of delivery no leaving in safe places ,
Your expenses will be massive you will need to earn over £1000 a week just to break even ,
No holiday pay , no sick pay etc .
Owner drivers are deserting parcelforce and moving to yodel and dpd .
Do not waste your time .