This document is a guideline for managers when disciplining LU staff regarding attendance. It sets out how and when LU believes a warning of less than 26 weeks is appropriate.
LU has altered it's policy on allowing drivers taking medication for depression to drive trains. Below is the company stance and forms used are attached.
LU article on the new procedure
Occupational Health revises advice it gives drivers
Occupational Health has revised the advice it gives to train operators regarding anti-depressant medication, following consultation with key internal stakeholders and medical experts.
Attached are flexible working guides for London Underground trains TOMs effective 2009
Demonstrate against austerity and to defend the NHS. For a one day general strike to defend our social wage, jobs and public services.
The RMT will be running coaches to :
The TUC at Bournemouth Sunday 8th September coach leaves from outside British Library, Euston Road at 0745 hours. Free for RMT members £10 others.
Lobby of Tory conference NHS march Sunday 29th September same departure details and cost as above.
In this newsletter:
We note the correspondence from London Underground. We instruct the General Secretary to forward this letter to our functional council representatives of train, depot and service control staff, asking for their comments and any additional information they may have about this issue, and to place replies in front of us.
London Transport Regional Council and branches to be advised.
We note the correspondence from Transport for London regarding pay. We note that the company is insisting that the 0.5% above-inflation element is depending on the implementation of its proposal for performance-related pay. We reaffirm our opposition to this.
We further note the ominous comments in the letter regarding the “step change in TfL’s financial and operational environment”, indicating that the government’s savage funding cut to TfL will be passed on to our members – and service users – in the form of cuts and attacks on pay and conditions.