Legal basis by country
What does the app base its calculations on? On the law in force — country by country, stating the norm and linking to the official source. So you can verify every value yourself.
- We invent nothing. We show reality — every figure with its source.
- 100% fact-oriented, researched and documented with German thoroughness.
- Where a chain of evidence isn't yet conclusive, we say so openly — the app does not treat such values as a fixed calculation rule.
- The goal is fair information and appreciation for professional drivers through transparency — no trouble with employers, just verifiable facts.
European framework (applies everywhere)
These EU rules are the common basis — regardless of the country.
Driving and rest times (basis of all driving-time analysis).
Road-transport working time (48 h average, reference period).
Digital tachograph & border crossings on the driver card.
Posting in transport: cabotage & cross-trade trigger host-country pay.
Applicable employment-contract law (Rome I) — which national law applies.
Driver's regular return within 4 weeks.
🇩🇪GermanyDE
30 min for more than 6 up to 9 h, 45 min above 9 h; divisible into 15-min blocks; no more than 6 h without a break.
At least 24 working days/year (= 4 weeks). Holiday pay = average of the last 13 weeks without overtime pay.
Continued pay for 6 weeks at 100% (loss-of-earnings principle), then sickness benefit 70% (capped).
Holiday pay follows the loss-of-earnings principle (full pay without work); 9 nationwide holidays, more per federal state.
Minimum wage €13.90/h (from 2026), €14.60/h (from 2027). Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade, not for bilateral/transit.
🇦🇹AustriaAT
Drivers: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h; first part after 6 h at the latest, parts ≥ 15 min.
30 working days/year (36 from the 25th year of service). Holiday pay follows the loss-of-earnings principle.
Continued pay follows the loss-of-earnings principle (regular remuneration).
13 nationwide public holidays; holiday pay follows the loss-of-earnings principle.
No statutory minimum wage; collective agreement (road haulage) €12.59–14.92/h (from 2026). Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇧🇪BelgiumBE
Road transport: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h, divisible into 15-min blocks; general rule at least 15 min from 6 h.
24 days (6-day week) = 4 weeks, reference period is the previous year.
Value of a leave day: structure documented (normal pay + supplement), but not used as a fixed account rule.
Salaried 100% days 1–30 (employer); wage-earners 100% days 1–7, 85.88% days 8–14; from day 31 health fund ~60% (capped).
10 public holidays; continued pay = hypothetical daily wage; replacement day if the holiday falls on a Sunday.
No statutory hourly minimum wage; national floor RMMMG €2,189.81/month. Driver hourly rate (PC 140.03) not yet officially verified. Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇨🇿CzechiaCZ
30 min after 6 h at the latest; divisible into parts of at least 15 min each.
4 weeks base (5 weeks in the public sector). Holiday pay based on average earnings.
Employer days 1–14, then state benefit from day 15, up to 380 days (rates still to be verified against primary law).
7 state holidays plus further public holidays; holiday pay under § 115 of the Labour Code.
Posting minimum wage CZK 22,400/month (CZK 134.40/h) for 2026. Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇫🇷FranceFR
Road transport: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h, divisible into 15-min blocks; general rule 20 min from 6 h.
2.5 working days/month, max. 30/year. Holiday pay = the higher of 1/10 of reference gross pay or continued salary.
Employer top-up 90% (first 30 days), 66.66% (next 30); 7-day waiting period, from 1 year of service.
11 public holidays; only 1 May is compulsorily work-free (100% supplement if worked).
SMIC €12.31/h (from 06/2026). Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade, not for bilateral/transit.
🇮🇹ItalyIT
Road transport: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h; divisible into segments of at least 15 min.
At least 4 weeks of paid annual leave.
INPS: 3 waiting days; 50% days 4–20, 66.66% days 21–180 (collective agreements usually top up).
11 nationwide public holidays; off = full daily pay, worked = hourly pay + holiday supplement.
No statutory minimum wage (Art. 36 Constitution); the CCNL Logistica/Trasporto applies. Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇳🇱NetherlandsNL
Road transport: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h, divisible into 15-min blocks.
4× the agreed weekly working time per year (= 20 days for a 5-day week).
Nationally uniform public holidays; holiday pay/supplements are not statutory but set by collective agreement/contract.
€14.99/h gross (from 07/2026, age 21+). Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇵🇱PolandPL
Professional drivers: 30 min up to 9 h, 45 min above 9 h, divisible into 15-min blocks; plus a 15-min working-time break from 6 h.
20 days (under 10 years of service), 26 days (from 10 years). Holiday pay follows the loss-of-earnings principle.
Employer pay 80% up to 33 days/year (age 50+: 14 days), then sickness benefit (ZUS) 80%.
14 public holidays; target hours reduced by 8 h per holiday; 100% supplement without a replacement rest day.
Posting minimum wage PLN 4,806/month (PLN 31.40/h), from 2026. Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
🇷🇴RomaniaRO
Road transport: 30 min at 6–9 h, 45 min above 9 h; no more than 6 h without a break, divisible into 15-min blocks.
20 working days/year; holiday pay = average of the last 3 months, at least base pay (verification pending).
Public holidays; time off in lieu within 30 days, otherwise a supplement of at least 100% of base pay.
Posting minimum wage RON 4,325/month (RON 25.95/h), from 07/2026. Host-country pay for cabotage & cross-trade.
Currently verified: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania. More EU/EEA countries will follow — carefully checked rather than quickly guessed.