Dispute Settlement Procedures The objectives of this procedure is to promote the prompt resolution of grievances by consultation, co-operation and discussion; to reduce the level of disputation; and to promote efficiency, effectiveness and equity in the workplace. a) In relation to any matter that may be in dispute, except matters relating to the actual or threatened termination of your employment, the parties to the dispute must firstly attempt to resolve the dispute at the workplace level, by: i) you and your supervisor meeting and conferring on the matter; and if the matter is not resolved at such a meeting, the parties arranging further discussions involving more senior levels of management (as appropriate); and ii) acknowledging the right of either party to appoint, in writing, another person to act on their behalf in relation to resolving the matter at the workplace level; and iii) agreeing to allow either party to refer the matter to mediation or other alternative dispute resolution process to be conducted by a person agreed between the parties in dispute on the matter; iv) agreeing that if either party refers the matter to alternative dispute resolution both parties will participate in the alternative dispute resolution in good faith; and v) agreeing that during the time when the parties attempt to resolve the matter: - the parties continue to work in accordance with their contract of employment unless you have a reasonable concern about an imminent risk to your health or safety; and - subject to relevant provisions of any state or territory occupational health and safety law, you must not unreasonably fail to comply with a direction by us to perform work, whether at the same workplace or another workplace, that is safe and appropriate for you to perform; and - the parties must cooperate to ensure that the dispute resolution procedures are carried out as quickly as is reasonably possible. b) The parties to the dispute acknowledge that if we are unable to agree on the person to conduct the alternative dispute resolution process, either party can notify the Industrial Registrar. In this case, the Industrial Registrar will provide the parties with information about options to resolve the dispute.
Settlement Procedures On each Payment Date, the Servicer shall direct the Collateral Custodian to pay pursuant to the Servicing Report (and the Collateral Custodian shall make such payment from the Collection Account to the extent of Available Funds in reliance on the information set forth in such Servicing Report) to the following Persons, the following amounts in the following order of priority: (a) to each Hedge Counterparty, if applicable, pro rata, based on the respective amounts owed under all Interest Rate Hedge Transactions related thereto, including any unpaid Hedge Breakage Costs with respect thereto; (b) to the Servicer, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees and any reimbursable expenses of any successor Servicer; (c) pro rata in accordance with the amounts due under this clause and to the extent not paid by the Borrower, to the Backup Servicer and the Collateral Custodian, pro rata, in an amount equal to (i) any accrued and unpaid Backup Servicing Fees, Collateral Custodian Fees, Owner Trustee Fees and Transition Expenses, and (ii) incurred but unreimbursed reasonable third-party, out-of-pocket expenses relating to their respective duties as Backup Servicer, Collateral Custodian or Owner Trustee hereunder, in respect of which the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Custodian or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, has provided prior written notice setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail to the Servicer and the Administrative Agent, for the payment thereof, provided that amounts payable pursuant to this clause (ii) shall not exceed $5,000 for any Payment Date; (d) to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Interest and any other fees or expenses due and payable to the Lenders hereunder; (e) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable Lender in reduction of the Outstanding Loan Balance, an amount equal to the Required Reduction Amount, if any; (f) pro rata in accordance with the amounts due under this clause to the Administrative Agent, any applicable Lender, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Custodian, any successor Servicer, the Indemnified Parties or the Secured Parties, all other amounts, including any expenses, Increased Costs, Taxes or Indemnified Amounts due from the Borrower, but other than the principal and interest of the Outstanding Loan Balance, then due under this Agreement; (g) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable Lender, all amounts necessary to reduce the Outstanding Loan Balance to $0; and (h) any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Borrower (and the Borrower shall be permitted to, among other things, further distribute such amounts to its Affiliates or its members at its discretion); provided that the Borrower may at its discretion direct the Collateral Custodian to pay any portion of the remaining amounts to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in reduction of the Outstanding Loan Balance.
Conformity Assessment Procedures 1. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting the results of conformity assessment procedures of other Parties, even where those procedures differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that those procedures offer an assurance of conformity with applicable technical regulations or standards equivalent to its own procedures. 2. Each Party shall seek to enhance the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted in the territories of other Parties with a view to increasing efficiency, avoiding duplication and ensuring cost effectiveness of the conformity assessments. In this regard, each Party may choose, depending on the situation of the Party and the specific sectors involved, a broad range of approaches. These may include but are not limited to: (a) recognition by a Party of the results of conformity assessments performed in the territory of another Party; (b) recognition of co-operative arrangements between accreditation bodies in the territories of the Parties; (c) mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures conducted by bodies located in the territory of each Party; (d) accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the territory of another Party; (e) use of existing regional and international multilateral recognition agreements and arrangements; (f) designating conformity assessment bodies located in the territory of another Party to perform conformity assessment; and (g) suppliers’ declaration of conformity. 3. Each Party shall exchange information with other Parties on its experience in the development and application of the approaches in Paragraph 2(a) to (g) and other appropriate approaches with a view to facilitating the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures. 4. A Party shall, upon request of another Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of any conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party.
AUDIT REVIEW PROCEDURES Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under an interim or post audit of this AGREEMENT that is not disposed of by agreement, shall be reviewed by ALAMEDA CTC’s Deputy Executive Director of Finance and Administration. Not later than thirty (30) calendar days after issuance of the final audit report, CONSULTANT may request a review by ALAMEDA CTC’s Deputy Executive Director of Finance and Administration of unresolved audit issues. The request for review will be submitted in writing. Neither the pendency of a dispute nor its consideration by ALAMEDA CTC will excuse CONSULTANT from full and timely performance, in accordance with the terms of this AGREEMENT. CONSULTANT and subconsultants’ contracts, including cost proposals and ICRs, may be subject to audits or reviews such as, but not limited to, an AGREEMENT Audit, an Incurred Cost Audit, an ICR Audit, or a certified public accountant (“CPA”) ICR Audit Workpaper Review. If selected for audit or review, the AGREEMENT, cost proposal and ICR and related workpapers, if applicable, will be reviewed to verify compliance with 48 CFR, Chapter 1, Part 31 and other related laws and regulations. In the instances of a CPA ICR Audit Workpaper Review it is CONSULTANT’s responsibility to ensure federal, state, or local government officials are allowed full access to the CPA’s workpapers including making copies as necessary. The AGREEMENT, cost proposal, and ICR shall be adjusted by CONSULTANT and approved by ALAMEDA CTC to conform to the audit or review recommendations. CONSULTANT agrees that individual terms of costs identified in the audit report shall be incorporated into the contract by this reference if directed by ALAMEDA CTC at its sole discretion. Refusal by CONSULTANT to incorporate audit or review recommendations, or to ensure that the federal, state, or local governments have access to CPA workpapers, will be considered a breach of contract terms and cause for termination of the AGREEMENT and disallowance of prior reimbursed costs.
Procurement Procedures 11.1 The Recipient must secure the best value for money and shall act in a fair, open and non-discriminatory manner in all purchases of goods and services.
Reporting and Payment Procedures The Sub-recipient shall report at least quarterly all expenses incurred and associated project activities carried out with CDBG and non-CDBG funds. The Sub-recipient shall follow the reimbursement request process as set forth by the County and CDBG program administrator. Reimbursements are subject to the following but not limited to: eligibility of expenses, proper reporting and expense documentation, availability of funds, and authorization by the County and CDBG program administrator. DocuSign Envelope ID: E4D55B2A-BBB1-48FF-A259-0798F37C0F0E
ESCALATION PROCEDURES 48.1 The Standard Practices outlines the escalation process which may be invoked at any point in the Service Ordering, Provisioning, and Maintenance processes to facilitate rapid and timely resolution of disputes.
Evaluation Procedures The following procedures for employee evaluation shall be utilized for the term of this Agreement: 1. Orientation materials related to evaluation procedures will be provided to all employees by the 10th school day. 2. Employees shall submit to their evaluator a complete listing of proposed objectives, and measurement activities related thereto, to be considered in the annual evaluation by the 25th school day. 3. The evaluator shall have completed by 30th school day annual objective setting conference with employee. 4. The evaluator shall by the 40th school day determine and shall provide the employee with a complete listing of actual objectives from those proposed by the evaluator and employee, and measurement activities from those proposed by the evaluator and employee, and measurement activities related thereto, that will be incorporated in the annual evaluation that the evaluator will prepare for the employee. The objectives and related measurement activities referred to herein shall be in accordance with the employee job description prescribed by the District. The District will make every attempt to have the number of objectives required to be uniform from site to site. 5. Within a reasonable time after the request, the evaluator shall be provided with a written progress report from the employee containing the latter's perception of the progress being made toward the achievement of the objectives prescribed in Item 3, above. During the course of the evaluation period, circumstances may change which may result in the modification of the original standards and objectives. These changes may be initiated by the supervisor or the employee. Agreement of both parties is required. 6. The evaluator, by the 145th school day, shall have conducted classroom observations in order to gather data on employee performance as the evaluator believes to be related to: A. The actual objectives and measurement activities described in Item 3, above; B. Other criteria for employee evaluation and appraisal that are established by the District Xxxxx Act Guidelines. At the discretion of the evaluator, tenured teachers may receive only one (1) formal instructional observation per year. Probationary teachers will receive two (2) formal instructional observations per year. Prior to conducting formal instructional observations regarding the teacher's duties related to the instructional objectives herein described, the teacher shall be notified of the observation prior to the beginning of the teacher's actual instructional day. Upon the request of the evaluatee or when, in the evaluator's judgment, additional instructional classroom observations are necessary, such observations may be conducted. Within a reasonable time, an employee shall be provided with a written statement regarding instructional observations that have been conducted. Such written statements shall contain a summary of the instructional activities observed, and any suggestions being made by the observer for possible improvement by the employee to include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) Specific directives for improvement 2) Assistance to implement such directives as (a) Provisions of additional resources; (b) Mandatory training programs designed to improve performance to be paid by the District. A final and written report of the achievement of objectives, and measurement information related thereto shall be submitted by the employee to the evaluator by the 140th school day. 7. The evaluator shall prepare a written District evaluation form of employee performance and transmit the evaluation to the employee. The employee may submit a written reaction or response to the evaluation and such response shall be attached to the evaluation and placed in the employee's permanent personnel file which shall be maintained in the District Office. Permanent employees shall be evaluated at least once every other year, and in no event later than 30 days before the last school day scheduled on the school calendar of the current school year. Probationary employees shall be evaluated at least once each year and in no event later than the 150th school day. 8. Employees who meet each of the following conditions shall be evaluated up to every five
Claim Procedures Claim forms or claim information as to the subject policy can be obtained by contacting Benmark, Inc. (800-544-6079). When the Named Fiduciary has a claim which may be covered under the provisions described in the insurance policy, they should contact the office named above, and they will either complete a claim form and forward it to an authorized representative of the Insurer or advise the named Fiduciary what further requirements are necessary. The Insurer will evaluate and make a decision as to payment. If the claim is payable, a benefit check will be issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event that a claim is not eligible under the policy, the Insurer will notify the Named Fiduciary of the denial pursuant to the requirements under the terms of the policy. If the Named Fiduciary is dissatisfied with the denial of the claim and wishes to contest such claim denial, they should contact the office named above and they will assist in making an inquiry to the Insurer. All objections to the Insurer's actions should be in writing and submitted to the office named above for transmittal to the Insurer.
Quality Control Procedures The Seller shall have an internal quality control program that verifies, on a regular basis, the existence and accuracy of the legal documents, credit documents, property appraisals, and underwriting decisions. The program shall include evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of the Seller's loan production and the servicing activities of the Seller. The program is to ensure that the Mortgage Loans are originated and serviced in accordance with Accepted Servicing Standards and the Underwriting Guidelines; guard against dishonest, fraudulent, or negligent acts; and guard against errors and omissions by officers, employees, or other authorized persons.
