Characteristic
Short description
A working time directive is a set of rules that defines break periods and working time limits for persons performing mobile road transport services. It applies to agency
workers and those who drive a vehicle
The term vehicle describes what is being routed or planned for. Vehicles are used in route calculation, distance matrix calculation and effectively also in tour planning. In route calculation, vehicle properties like overall size, weight and speed are in focus. In tour planning, it is vehicle properties like capacity and availability.
Commonly a vehicle is motorized, like a truck - including its trailer or a car. However also a bike or even a pedestrian are included in this definition. for the purpose of a trade or business carried on by them, but not to self-employed drivers.
Use
In both xTour and xRoute, the user can choose the EU_2002_15_EC working time directive. If EU_2002_15_EC option is picked, the user can send a working time logbook summary.
Detailed Description
Working Time Directive (Directive 2002/15/EC)
If the working time directive option is chosen, only SingleDayWorkingHours are supported. Therefore the only scheduled break is the "lunch break". The break is either scheduled at a site (either before or after the service) or en routeA route corresponds to a path of a vehicle through the underlying transport network. The main attributes of a route are the distance and the time that the vehicle travels along the path.. The break may be scheduled before it becomes due if it is beneficial because for example waiting is necessary.
- A break period of at least 30 minutes becomes due after at most 6 hours working time.
- The working time limit per tour is set to (at most) 9 hours.
The following features are not supported in combination with working time directive:
- MultiDayWorkingHours are not supported.
- Only DrivingTimeRegulation of the EU is supported in combination with working time directive, and only in xTour. The combination is not supported when the distance matrices are multiple travel times distance matrices, and not in xRoute.
When using driving time regulation and working time directive together, the scheduling behaviour changes slightly:
- The working time limit per tour is reset to (at most) 10 hours. When working for more than 9 hours, a break of 45 minutes is scheduled.
- Breaks may be split. Note that the EU driving time regulation allows a 45-minute break to be split into a 15-minute and a 30-minute break (in this order), while the working time directive allows any idle time of at least 15 minutes to count as a (partial) break.
If the tour travel time exceeds the TourRestriction maximumTravelTimePerTour or the default directive value of 9 hours, a TimeViolation MAXIMUM_TRAVEL_TIME_PER_DRIVER is reported.
Working Time Directive Logbook Summary (Directive 2002/15/EC)
If EU_2002_15_EC option is picked, the user can send a working time logbook summary. Two parameters can be sent:
- accumulatedWorkingTimeSinceLastBreak: Accumulated working time since end of last working break. The working break must have at least a duration of 30 minutes. As soon as 6 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to work or drive unless he/she takes a break. A value of more than 6 hours has the same effect as 6 hours.
- elapsedTimeSinceEndOfLastDailyRest: Elapsed time since end of last daily rest, that is, the time between the end of the last daily rest and the reference time. As soon as 9 hours have elapsed, the driver is no longer allowed to work or drive unless he/she takes a daily rest. A value of more than 9 hours has the same effect as 9 hours. May not be smaller than accumulatedWorkingTimeSinceLastBreak, otherwise an exception is thrown.
Related topics
| Technical Concept | Working Hours |
| Showcase | Consider Route events |
| Showcase | Tour Information Routing |