Work and rest routine for drivers

Wialon allows you to monitor whether drivers comply with AETR rules on work and rest hours.

The information about driver activity displayed in Wialon has no legal standing.

In this article, you can learn about the ways of monitoring the drivers’ work and rest routine and the AETR requirements that are considered in the system.

To monitor the drivers’ work and rest routine, you can use the following methods:

• Use driver tooltips which show data on driver activity in real time;
• Use unit tooltips and extended information about units which can also show such data;
• Run reports with the Driver activity and Infringements tables for a past period.
• Work with the Tacho View application which allows you to analyze driver activity data in diagrams and report tables.

For the most accurate information in reports, use files from the driver card as a data source.

For further information about monitoring the drivers’ work and rest routine, data sources and tachographs, see Tachographs and Wialon.

Below, you can see all the work and rest requirements that are considered in the system and the seriousness of infringements.

For all the requirements that are monitored during one or two weeks, it is a working week that is taken into account. A working week is the period of time from the beginning of the first working shift after the previous weekly rest to the end of the next weekly rest. The exception to this is requirement 5, which refers to a calendar week (from 00:00 hours Monday to 24:00 hours Sunday).

Norm: 4,5 hours

• Minor infringement: Up to 5 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 6 hours
• Very serious infringement: More than 6 hours

Norm: 45 minutes

• Minor infringement: —
• Serious infringement: —
• Very serious infringement: —

An infringement of requirement 1 is registered, because if the driver rests for less than 45 minutes, this time is not regarded as rest but is included in the uninterrupted driving time. The exception is when the rest is broken down into parts (see requirement 3).

Norm: The first part of rest must be no shorter than 15 minutes, the second part must be no shorter than 30 minutes.

• Minor infringement: —
• Serious infringement: —
• Very serious infringement: —

An infringement of requirement 1 is registered because if the driver rests for less than the specified time, this is not considered as rest but is included in the uninterrupted driving time.

Norm: 9 hours

• Minor infringement: Up to 10 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 11 hours
• Very serious infringement: More than 11 hours

Norm: Up to 10 hours, no more than 2 times

• Minor infringement: Up to 11 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 12 hours
• Very serious infringement: More than 12 hours

If the daily driving time is prolonged more than twice in a calendar week, an infringement of requirement 4 is registered.

Norm: 56 hours

• Minor infringement: Up to 60 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 70 hours
• Very serious infringement: More than 70 hours

Norm: 90 hours

• Minor infringement: Up to 100 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 112,5 hours
• Very serious infringement: More than 112,5 hours

Norm: 11 hours

• Minor infringement: Up to 11 hours
• Serious infringement: Up to 10 hours
• Very serious infringement: Up to 8,5 hours

Norm: Up to 9 hours, no more than 3 time a week

• Minor infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 1 hour or less
• Serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 2 hours or less
• Very serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by more than 2 hours

Note: If the daily rest time is reduced more than three times a week, an infringement of requirement 8 is registered.

Norm: The first part of rest must be no shorter than 3 hours, the second part must be no shorter than 9 hours. At least 12 hours in total.

• Minor infringement: The second part is less than 9 hours
• Serious infringement: The second part is less than 8 hours
• Very serious infringement: The second part is less than 7 hours

Norm: 45 hours

• Minor infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 3 hours or less
• Serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 9 hours or less
• Very serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by more than 9 hours

Norm: Up to 24 hours every other week (see note)

• Minor infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 2 hours or less
• Serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 4 hours or less
• Very serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by more than 4 hours

If the rest time in the first week was 24 hours, it should be at least 45 hours in the second week. In the third week, the rest time can again be reduced to 24 hours, etc.

Reduced weekly rest periods (less than 45 hours) must be compensated according to AETR regulations. However, compensation rules may vary depending on the country where the vehicle is registered. Currently, the system doesn’t have data on the vehicle country of registration and applies standard AETR requirements without accounting for country-specific differences.

Norm: At least 9 hours of rest within 30 working hours

• Minor infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 1 hour or less
• Serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by 2 hours or less
• Very serious infringement: The start of rest is delayed by more than 2 hours