IREM Rule No.909 : Breach of Rest Allowance

909. Breach of Rest Allowance:-

(i) Breach of Rest Allowance shall be granted to running staff who are detailed for running duties in the following circumstances:-

(A) When running staff who work a train to an outstation and return to their headquarters are detailed for running duty:—

(a) Before completion of 16 hours’ rest at headquarters when the total period of duty immediately before the rest was for 8 hours or more; and
(b) Before completion of 12 hours’ rest at headquarters when the total period of duty immediately before the rest was for less than 8 hours.

(B) When running staff like Shunters and staff manning suburban services, who avail of daily rest at headquarters are detailed for running duty:-

(a) Before completion of 12 hours’ rest when the total period of duty immediately before the rest was for 8 hours or more; and
(b) Before completion of 8 hours’ rest when the total duty immediately before the rest was for less than 8 hours.

(ii) The allowance shall be payable as Overtime Allowance under Hours of Employment Regulations at the rate of 2 hours for every hour by which rest falls short of the prescribed hours of rest, periods of less than half an hour being neglected and those of half an hour or more shall be rounded off to one hour on each occasion of breach of rest.
(iii) The scale of rest applicable to running staff on rostered duty at headquarters (like shunting duty etc.) would remain unchanged. However, suburban staff performing “double details” with rest in a running room/ rest room between the two details shall be given liberalized scale of rest of 12 hours or 16 hours depending on whether the total duty hours is less than 8 hours or 8 hours and more. They will however, not be entitled to be paid any Breach of Rest Allowance.

Note:-
(a) In no case shall running staff be called upon to go out under 6 hours’ rest except when unavoidably necessary as in. the case of accident or breakdown.
(b) When a member of the running staff, after performing a short trip, is again called on fresh duty within one hour, the interval should be treated as running duty for purposes of determining whether he is entitled to Breach of Rest Allowance in case he is called back to duty before completing 12 hours’ rest.
(c) Duty on ballast, departmental trains etc. is to be treated as running duty in accordance with the definition given in Rule 3(iii).

[Ref: Rule 10 of Running Allowance Rules &

Rule 1511 of Indian Railway Establishment Code, Vol-I]