Thanks for the quick response the company is huge a multi million pound company with garages and wholesale depots all over the u.k just our depot has 10 drivers the manager is just a manager nothing else but he 100% looks after his son which we all find very unfair but I'll speak to the boys in the morning about joining a union thank you

Hello everyone im looking for some help if possible please i work for a tyre wholesale company there is 10 drivers all together and everyone of us have had enough of they way we are being treated by our employer and would like some legal advice please. We work 8am-5.30pm mon-fri & 8am-1pm every saturday so 52.5 hours a week the company only allow us 30mins break a day yet we all believe that they deduct 1 hour a day from our wages for breaks. Not 1 of us have a employment contract when we all started we were made to sign the back of a booklet agreeing to the policy's in that book we have nothing stating what our hourly rate of pay is etc or anything like that, we have asked a number of times and just told your contract is the booklet Also we are being told that any damage that happens on the work vans the drivers MUST pay a £500 excess charge from his bonus. Can they legally take money from us for accidents when we are on minimum wage ??? Also the manager of the depot took his son on as a store boy 2 years ago and the place has turned into a father and son business well they seem to think so e has given his son promotions without asking or advertising the new positions when there are better people for the job is this allowed ? Also with our wages we believe we are on minimum wage we get a so called bonus every month and a attendance bonus of £50 if we miss 1 day in that month we loose the attendance bonus we are also concerned about health and safety there the place is very badly run and we dont know what to do so any help would be great thanks in advance