BGL demands access to sanitary and rest areas for driving personnel

The Federal Association of Goods Transport, Logistics and Disposal (BGL) e.V. points out the unsatisfactory conditions at the ramps of loading and unloading points. Driving personnel are still often denied access to sanitary facilities. In the context of the acute driver shortage, such circumstances do not contribute positively to the image of the profession.

(Berlin) At many loading ramps, the situation for truck drivers is still unsatisfactory. Although the joint efforts and best practice examples with trade, industry, and politics have shown some effect, particularly in the planning of new logistics buildings, driving personnel are still frequently denied access to sanitary facilities as well as to operational break and rest areas in daily practice. This is simply unacceptable and inhumane, especially during long waiting times for processing.

The BGL therefore demands a binding assurance of access to sanitary and social rooms for all truck drivers at the loading and unloading points of goods recipients and shippers. It proposes an amendment to the Workplace Ordinance that explicitly states that the provisions regarding sanitary and social rooms also include (co-)use by external personnel.

Regulate by law

“A legally binding regulation for access to sanitary and break rooms for all truck drivers at the ramps is, not least in light of the acute driver shortage, indispensable,” says BGL spokesperson Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt.

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