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Protection for workers under new Network Rail contracts

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Network Rail is reducing its number of contingent labour suppliers and imposing new conditions on how they look after their employees.

New requirements for those who supply contingent labour to Network Rail include having to pay at least the London living wage within Greater London. This is currently £9.15 an hour, compared to £6.50 for the statutory national minimum wage.

Network Rail said that it will be awarding a series of contracts with labour suppliers to provide workers across the network with a total minimum spend of £450m over five years.

The total number of suppliers is being cut from 57 to 20. Four core suppliers will provide 70% of the workforce supported by a number of smaller specialist suppliers. These contracts represent the provision of around 500 people per day.

The suppliers will be contractually required to:

  • pay as a minimum, the London living wage within Greater London
  • invest in training and development of their workforce
  • minimise travel time
  • adopt Network Rail’s lifesaving rules, and ‘speak-out’ systems
  • provide all equipment and protective clothing free-of-charge to workers
  • provide a competent and more professional contingent labour workforce.

    The four core suppliers are:

  • Ganymede Solutions  
  • McGinley Support Services (Infrastructure)  
  • Morson Human Resources  
  • Shorterm  

The other suppliers awarded specialist and support contracts are:

  • Amey Rail  
  • Bridgeway Consulting  
  • Carillion Rail
  • Colas Rail  
  • Coyle Personnel Plc
  • Exxell  
  • GM Rail Services  
  • GPX Engineering  
  • Infra Safety Services Labour  
  • Keltbray Rail
  • Linbrooke Services  
  • MECX Group  
  • Renown Railway Services
  • Resourcing Solutions  
  • SW Global Resourcing  
  • TES2000  

The five year contracts will start on 1st April 2015.

Nick Elliott, Network Rail’s managing director national supply chain, said: “These new contracts are all about transforming our contingent labour workforce into a more professional, fairly remunerated and appropriately trained body of people that we are able to call upon when the need arises.

"The new code of conduct for labour will drive better employer behaviours, improve the quality of the supply chain and help ensure that workers are treated fairly.

“We believe that investing in this important resource will deliver significant safety and performance benefits for the railway as a whole.”

 

 

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