Travel Time Policy

by | Jul 12, 2022 | Policies

Document Ref: OSL/IMS/POL/004

OSL promote and enforce rigorous health, safety and wellbeing for all personnel and its supply chain partners, to ensure the workforce are operating within a safe working environment.   

Network Rail Company Standards, Fatigue Risk Management – NR/L2/OHS/003 and 

Guidance on the Management of Door to Door Work and Travel Time – NR/GN/INI/001, Transport For London Quality Environment Safety and Health Standard (QUENSH) S1552 Standard have been consulted during the production of this Policy. 

This Policy considers the safety of personnel travelling to and from their place of work and strives to reduce instances of fatigue during travelling time.  

To achieve this OSL personnel and our supply chain partners shall apply the following criteria at all times:  

  • Personnel required to drive for a period of more than two hours each way to and from their place of work (not on a 12-hour shift) shall utilise local accommodation to ensure they maintain the required level of fitness to perform their duties safely without fatigue. 
  • Personnel driving to and from their place of work shall stop at a suitable location and take a rest period of at least fifteen minutes after driving for a period of two hours.  
  • Personnel shall not exceed 12 hours travelling from ‘door to door’ including the shift working time, that is no more than an hour’s travel each way on a 10-hour shift. 

Managers and Supervisors shall ensure that when selecting personnel for specific works to meet Company and Customer requirements, they give consideration and preference to personnel residing closest to the worksite location. This will prevent fatigue by reducing the amount of travelling to and from the place of work.   

This Policy shall be consulted and communicated to all employees and contractors as part of their Company induction and posted on Company Intranet and Safety notice boards.  

Review of this Policy will take place annually as a minimum or where instigated by changes to legislation, standards or accident / incident recommendations.