[Bens windows]

I  am in the process of employing a Polish lad today ,he's 27 and no points on licence ,his license is Polish ,not European or British but i have checked the gov website and it says he can use that licence in this country ,The only problem i have is finding out for sure he has no points,For insurance purposes any driver can drive my van as long as over 25 and no points ,does anyone have any information which can help me ? Thanks

[steve rix]

If he is planning on staying in this country just get him to exchange his licence for a full uk one. Simple to do.

( my missus did it and her uk licence came back with a full motorbike qualification even though she has never ridden a bike in her life!!)

[Bens windows]

Cheers Steve, ive just found out it costs £50 to do that and takes 3 weeks , im hoping it comes back with a clean licence , apparently he had points on licence but it goes after 1 year !
 

[ben M]

I  am in the process of employing a Polish lad today ,he's 27 and no points on licence ,his license is Polish ,not European or British but i have checked the gov website and it says he can use that licence in this country ,The only problem i have is finding out for sure he has no points,For insurance purposes any driver can drive my van as long as over 25 and no points ,does anyone have any information which can help me ? Thanks

If you have a valid EU/EEA licence, you can drive any vehicle covered by the categories shown on your licence for the periods set out below.
Ordinary licences
n Until you are 70 or have lived in GB for three years, whichever is longer.
Vocational licences
n If you are younger than 45, until you are 45 or have lived in Great Britain for five years, whichever is longer.
n If you are over 45 but under 65, until you are 66 or have lived in Great Britain for five years, whichever is sooner.
n If you are aged 65 or over, until you have lived in Great Britain for 12 months.
You must get a British driving licence to continue driving in Great Britain after these periods

[ben M]

if he lived in uk for 3 years or more, he must get a british driving licence!
I know i am french and had to get a british one!
£50 and take 2-3 weeks

[ben M]

if his licence is Polish,he has an european licence then 

[Bens windows]

if he lived in uk for 3 years or more, he must get a british driving licence!
I know i am french and had to get a british one!
£50 and take 2-3 weeks

He has only just moved here ,so good for me

[Bens windows]

if his licence is Polish,he has an european licence then 

haha yeh i understand that but his licence is so old that it was before they joined eu in 2003 ,so its a polish rather than european

[ben M]

if his licence is Polish,he has an european licence then 

haha yeh i understand that but his licence is so old that it was before they joined eu in 2003 ,so its a polish rather than european

no so old if he is only 27 years old! anyway it doesn't matter, he has 3 years to get a british licence!

[robertphil]

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[bradboy]

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[MATT BATEMAN (OWC)]

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Your over-generalisation is rascism even if you don't want to think of yourself as fascist.

[deeege]

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Bobby do you trust anyone? I have asked you this before..... Do you sleep with one eye open?

[Bens windows]

if his licence is Polish,he has an european licence then 

haha yeh i understand that but his licence is so old that it was before they joined eu in 2003 ,so its a polish rather than european

no so old if he is only 27 years old! anyway it doesn't matter, he has 3 years to get a british licence!

Working the age out it looks like its just on the cusp of changing to eu if he got his licence on his 18th birthday,so he just missed out,but yeh looks like hes got 3 years either way

[Bens windows]

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Have they managed to steal any work from you? As anyone would be im pretty worried about this happening ,but then it could happen if you employed English too , im gonna stamp my authority from the start and explain if he in some way cheats me at anything ie takes on extra work or pretends they have cancelled when they haven't then he's gone ! Ive had the majority of my customers for 8 years now and figure as long as i make an appearance every now and then it should be fine

[ben M]

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Racist!!!!

[concept]

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Is there b******s.

Recently advertised a job, the number of British wasters who simply emailed me "applying for job" or something similar, with no cv, no covering letter, no contact details, was embarrassing. Clearly doing it to continue their benefit claims.

The foreign applicants I had at least made the effort, full cv's and letters, even in pigeon English, it was at least an effort to impress.

Can't believe the racists on here, in this day and age.

[ben M]

Take a local lad on not some foreigner only here to take someones job.
Theres enough good young british people about without having to take a pole on!

Is there b******s.

Recently advertised a job, the number of British wasters who simply emailed me "applying for job" or something similar, with no cv, no covering letter, no contact details, was embarrassing. Clearly doing it to continue their benefit claims.

The foreign applicants I had at least made the effort, full cv's and letters, even in pigeon English, it was at least an effort to impress.

Can't believe the racists on here, in this day and age.

thank you for your post concept. I have reported windiewasher, we can't accept racist comment like that on this forum!

[Tom White]

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I've had quite a few complaints about some of the comments on this post, I'll delete them, but please be aware that any further racist comments - and it's my opinion that counts - will result in deleted accounts.

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[windiewasher]

im sorry wasnt intending being racist i just feel that local lads should be given a chance!
i feel sorry for the youngsters in this country who are labelled lazy!