ORR managing rail staff fatigue

Our ref: HSR

Head Office Circular: NP/250/24

14th October 2024

To: The Secretary

ALL BRANCHES

REGIONAL COUNCILS

 

Dear Colleague

 

ORR – MANAGING RAIL STAFF FATIGUE

 

ORR have recently revised their guidance on Managing Rail Staff Fatigue, you can see this at: 

https://www.orr.gov.uk/managing-rail-staff-fatigue. This new guidance supersedes previous ORR guidance on managing fatigue, published in 2012: https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/om/managing_rail_fatigue.pdf).

 

Your NEC (National Executive Committee) met on 1st October 2024 to consider a report from its health and safety sub-committee from when they met to discuss this matter:

 

We note that ORR have re written their “Managing rail staff fatigue” guidance.  

 

In connection with this we instruct the General Secretary to:

  • Place the ORR guidance on the fatigue section of RMT web site
  • Request that the Lead Officer discuss the new guidance with ORR Chief Inspector, Richard Hines
  • Discuss the report with RMT NWR Lead reps at the NWR Joint Council meeting on 7/8/9th October

Additionally, when the above actions are complete, we instruct the General Secretary to write a briefing doc for rail reps to use when negotiating new rosters.  

 

Branches and Regional Councils to be advised accordingly.

 

            I am acting in line with these instructions. Please bring this circular to the attention of all relevant members. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary