CIRCADIAN, with its world-class scientific expertise on human performance and fatigue, and intimate knowledge of the realities of extended hours operations in transportation (road, rail, marine, air) and other 24/7 businesses (e.g. utilities, chemical, oil, manufacturing, communications) has an outstanding track record in North America and Europe of supporting.
- Regulatory Exemptions
- Appeals
- Waivers
- Regulatory Reform
- Mediations
- US Congressional Testimony
- Government Hearings
With the definitive research, and the scientific credibility of the CIRCADIAN team led by former Harvard professor Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, CIRCADIAN has enabled businesses to successfully challenge, influence and shape the regulations and laws that limit them from pursuing safe and cost-effective business practices.
CIRCADIAN’s accomplishments include:
- Developed applications for exemption from trucking Hours of Service regulations.
- Reversed an adverse ruling on working hours by Transport Canada which cost the Canadian railways in excess of $300 million per year
- Testified before the US Congressional House and Senate Committees to help block a punitive hours of service statute
- Briefed US Federal government attorneys on the adverse effects of a proposed regulation which they were drafting, which helped exclude costly and impractical regulatory requirements
- Researched aviation routes and crew duty-rest schedules for a major US carrier so as to ensure compliance with duty-rest rules
- Supported the development of responses to Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on matters pertaining to work-rest hours
- Advised UK firms on how to work within EU Working Time Directives
- Acted as mediator in helping find a creative win-win solution to a 5 year management-union impasse