Any experts on employment law on here.

My son is having trouble with his employer, he does mainly driving for them.

Yesterday he was on the road at 4.30am and did almost 16 hours, not finishing until well after 8.00pm last night.

They told him he needed to be setting out this morning at 3.30am as he had to be at some far flung destination and another long, long day of driving work.

This is a regular occurrence, a couple of weeks ago he fell asleep on the M25 and hit the central reservation in the early hours.

Last night he reversed into another vehicle when he arrived back at work, he’s literally out on his feet with tiredness.

Yesterday evening after his mum and me registered our real concerns for his health and his safety and the safety of other people and so he contacted his bosses and told them he didn’t feel he could do this latest job at that time in the morning.

He received no reply.

He got up at 3.00am to go into work and felt dizzy and sick, similar symptoms to jet lag.

He texted bosses again telling them he felt sick and got no reply.

He went in this morning at the businesses normal starting hours and got a b o l l o c k I n g and a verbal warning.

He told his boss that he was concerned because he was being asked to break the law and his boss sarcastically said to him….”Oh, so you’re an expert on employment law then are you?

He feels like it’s only a matter of time until they find excuses to sack him, he’s been given a series of c r a p tasks to do today.

It surely can’t be legal to expect someone to drive for almost 16 hours in a day and then return to work to drive again just 7 hours later?

He’s driving white cabs and large milk floats not HGV stuff but I still think this is illegal?

I despair at the way companies treat employees these days.

Any advice appreciated?