RECOGNITION AND COVERAGE 1. The Company recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit made up of production, maintenance, office, technical, clerical and railroad employees of the Company, excluding only managers, confidential employees, supervisors and guards as defined under the National Labor Relations Act. Individuals in the bargaining unit shall be known as “Employees.” Individuals who are employed by the Company and are not in the bargaining unit shall be known as “non-bargaining unit employees.” Individuals who are in the bargaining unit and those who are not in the bargaining unit shall be known collectively as “employees.”
2. Except as expressly provided herein, the provisions of this BLA constitute the sole procedure for the processing and settlement of any claim by an Employee or the Union of a violation by the Company of this Agreement. As the representative of the Employees, the Union may process grievances through the grievance procedure, including arbitration, in accordance with this BLA or may adjust or settle same.
3. When the Company establishes a new or changed job whose duties include a material level of production, maintenance, office, technical or clerical work; the resulting job shall be considered a job covered within the bargaining unit; provided that where non-bargaining unit duties are added to a job in the bargaining unit on a temporary basis, they may be withdrawn.
4. It is understood that supervisors at a plant shall not perform work on a job normally performed by the bargaining unit except:
a. experimental work;
b. demonstration work performed for the purpose of instructing and training Employees;
c. work required by conditions which, if not performed, might result in interference with operations, bodily injury or loss or damage to material or equipment; and
d. work that would be unreasonable to assign to an Employee or which is negligible in amount. reasonably be identified, the Company shall pay such Employee his/her applicable Regular Rate of Pay for the time involved or for four (4) hours, whichever is greater.
Association Recognition The Board hereby recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative for collective gaining with respect to wages, hours, fringe benefits, and other conditions of employment for all employees in the appropriate unit.
Scope and Coverage 1. This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by a Party affecting trade in services by service suppliers of the other Party. Such measures include measures affecting: (i) the purchase or use of, or payment for, a service; (ii) the access to and use of, in connection with the supply of a service, services which are required by the Parties to be offered to the public generally; or (iii) the presence, including commercial presence, of persons of a Party for the supply of a service in the territory of the other Party.
2. For purposes of this Chapter, measures adopted or maintained by a Party means measures adopted or maintained by: (i) central, regional or local governments and authorities; and (ii) non-governmental bodies in the exercise of powers delegated by central, regional or local governments or authorities.
3. This Chapter does not apply to: (a) government procurement; (b) air services (4) , including domestic and international air transportation services, whether scheduled or non-scheduled, and related services in support of air services, other than: (i) aircraft repair and maintenance services; (ii) the selling and marketing of air transport services; and (iii) computer reservation system (CRS) services; and (c) subsidies or grants provided by a Party, including government-supported loans, guarantees, and insurance.
4. This Chapter does not impose any obligation on a Party with respect to a natural person of the other Party seeking access to its employment market, or employed on a permanent basis in its territory, and does not confer any right on that natural person with respect to that access or employment.
5. This Chapter does not apply to services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority in a Party's territory. A service supplied in the exercise of governmental authority means any service which is supplied neither on a commercial basis, nor in competition with one or more service suppliers.
6. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent a Party from applying measures to regulate the entry of natural persons of the other Party into, or their temporary stay in, its territory, including those measures necessary to protect the integrity of, and to ensure the orderly movement of natural persons across its borders, provided that such measures are not applied in such a manner as to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to the other Party under the terms of this Chapter.
Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance a. Statutory California Workers' Compensation coverage including broad form all-states coverage.
b. Employer's Liability coverage for not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence.
UNION RECOGNITION The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees for whom the Union has been certified.
Union Recognition and Rights 6
2.1 Bargaining Unit Defined 6 2.2 Bargaining Agent Recognition 7
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (ERRORS & OMISSIONS) Professional Liability Insurance for Errors and Omissions coverage in the amount of not less than ($1,000,000). If CONTRACTOR sub-contracts in support of CONTRACTOR’S work provided for in the agreement, Professional Liability Insurance for Errors shall be provided by the sub-contractor in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in aggregate. The insurance coverage provided by the CONTRACTOR shall contain language providing coverage up to one (1) year following completion of the contract in order to provide insurance coverage for the hold harmless provisions herein if the policy is a claims-made policy.
Liability Insurance and Funding For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a director and/or officer of the Company and for a reasonable period of time thereafter, which such period shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account the scope and amount of coverage available relative to the cost thereof) to cause to be maintained in effect policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for directors and/or officers of the Company, and, if applicable, that is substantially comparable in scope and amount to that provided by the Company’s current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. Upon reasonable request, the Company shall provide Indemnitee or his or her counsel with a copy of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related materials. In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance obtained by the Company, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits, subject to the same limitations, as are accorded to the Company’s directors and officers most favorably insured by such policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company may, but shall not be required to, create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means, including, without limitation, a letter of credit, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy its obligations to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) in renewing or seeking to renew any insurance hereunder, the Company will not be required to expend more than 2.0 times the premium amount of the immediately preceding policy period (equitably adjusted if necessary to reflect differences in policy periods).
Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance The Contractor shall have in effect during the entire life of this Agreement Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance providing full statutory coverage. In signing this Agreement, the Contractor certifies, as required by Section 1861 of the California Labor Code, that it is aware of the provisions of Section 3700 of the California Labor Code which requires every employer to be insured against liability for Worker's Compensation or to undertake self-insurance in accordance with the provisions of the Code, and I will comply with such provisions before commencing the performance of the work of this Agreement.
Technology Errors and Omissions The Contractor shall maintain during the term of the Contract Technology Errors and Omissions Insurance for claims for damages arising from computer related services including, but not limited to, the following: consulting, data processing, programming, system integration, software development, installation, distribution or maintenance, systems analysis or design, training, staffing or other support services, any electronic equipment, computer software developed, manufactured, distributed, licensed, marketed or sold. If the policy is written on a claims made basis, Contractor must provide to OGS proof that the policy provides the option to purchase an Extended Reporting Period (“tail coverage”) providing coverage for no less than one (1) year after work is completed in the event that coverage is cancelled or not renewed. This requirement applies to both primary and excess liability policies, as applicable.
