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The Health and Safety (First-aid) Regulations 1981 impose duties on the employer and the self-employed to provide facilities that enable first aid to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work. In the majority of cases, trained and qualified first aiders must administer first aid. The regulations also require employers to inform employees of first-aid arrangements.

Many drivers are away from their bases for long hours during the working day and have to spend nights away from home. It is reasonable that they should receive some recompense for nights out and out-of-pocket expenses. Employers are free to negotiate with their drivers the amounts that should be payable. Invariably, this is no more than payment of a standard night-out allowance and occasionally a meal allowance.

A sufficient supply of transport is essential for economic development and the best customer service at the lowest price will be provided in a deregulated market that is open to competition between providers. EU single market policy builds on the model established in the UK by the Transport Act 1968 and seeks to encourage competition by not arbitrarily restricting the number of goods vehicle operators that can enter the market. However, in order to ensure continuity of operations that are conducted in a safe and legal manner, strict quality criteria must be met by anyone wishing to operate heavy goods vehicles.