Following to be inserted at appropriate points in London Operations Terms and Conditions (version 4.1) and Payment details within the Consolidated terms and conditions (version 2) documents. [NB changes in similar places in London Operations Terms and Conditions (version 4.2) document]

Working time

1. In order for staff to achieve a balance between work and personal time it is important that individuals can exercise some control over their working lives. To achieve this staff will have the right to refuse certain duties:
   • Any schedule which indicates a break of less then 10 hours between turns of duty.
   • Any scheduled duty in excess of 12 hours.

2. Staff will be asked if they are prepared to work scheduled duties in excess of 12 hours. If so then their name will be recorded on a list and they will be scheduled to duties not exceeding 14 hours. Staff can go on the list at any time, but must give 3 months notice of their intention to withdraw agreement to work long days. Any data gathered through the operation of this system will only be used within the context of this system. Specifically individuals exercising their right to refuse a duty may do so without penalty, such data may not be used as part of the performance management process or as part of any redundancy selection process.

3. Any scheduled duties in excess of 14 hours will be staffed by volunteers for the specific duty.

4. On an occasional basis, and if mutually agreed between the individual concerned and management on each occasion, staff may volunteer for a specific scheduled duty in excess of 12 hours. In these circumstances such individual's names will not be added to the list referred to above consisting of staff prepared to work in excess of 12 hours.

5. For Hours conditions staff, where a duty exceeds 12 hours, a payment of 0.5T will be made for each hour worked over 12 hours (pro-rata for part hours rounded up to the next 15 minute point on each occasion). The payment can be exchanged for Working Time Leave (WTL) at the request of the individual as detailed below.

6. For Hours conditions staff, duties in excess of 14 hours will attract an additional payment of 0.5T for each hour worked over 14 hours (pro-rata for part hours rounded up to the next 15 minute point on each occasion). The payment can be exchanged for Working Time Leave (WTL) at the request of the individual as detailed below.

7. For Hours conditions staff, if the interval between the actual finishing time of one turn of duty and the actual starting time of the next is less than 10 hours, a payment of 1T will be made for each hour by which the interval falls short of 10 (pro-rata for part hours rounded up to the next 15 minute point on each occasion). The payment can be exchanged for Working Time Leave (WTL) at the request of the individual as detailed below.

8. WTL earned above can only be taken as full days off. To secure a full day off the same number of hours will be required as are applicable to arrangements for securing a full day off under Annual Leave. The value of the WTL earned will be stored for each individual, this will be debited by 1T for each hour of leave taken.

9. Applications to take WTL under this system will follow the procedure used for Annual Leave applications. Such applications must indicate that the application is for WTL.