BEST VALUE / BEST PRACTICE Sample Clauses

BEST VALUE / BEST PRACTICE. The parties to this Agreement continue their commitment to becoming a Best Value / Best Practice Council. This has and will continue to be reflected in a positive shift in culture, multi- skilling and improved flexible management. In order to become a Best Value Council, there is also a commitment to continuous improvement through training and learning, with a highly skilled and flexible workforce and recognition of the value of all employees within Council. 3.3.1 As part of striving towards achieving best value, the tools to measure achievement will include the use of performance management systems and benchmarking. 3.3.2 Management and employees are committed to a "best value" approach to ensure that all of its services: • offer the best quality and value for money; • are responsive to community needs; • are accessible to the people they are intended for; • show continuous improvement; • are subject to regular community consultation; • regularly reported to the community outlining how each service measures up against best value principles. 3.3.3 Best value is understood to include the following:- • the best way of doing things; • methods of operation which achieve exemplary levels of performance; • is not fixed and requires constant change and adopting to new demands; • is not restricted to an examination of costs; • includes quality and timeliness of delivery; • investigate ways of reducing waste, over use and the introduction of more environmentally sound materials and technology in Council's operations. 3.3.4 The parties are committed to implementing change (including technological) to improve work processes. 3.3.5 Individual teams shall identify any restrictive work and management practices applicable and seek to minimise and/or eliminate such practices through consultation and agreement between management and the teams. Where required, either party may refer the matter to be dealt with through the SBU. 3.3.6 The parties acknowledge that there is a need to redesign jobs (in particular where out- dated management and work practices exist) with a view to improving the level of productivity. 3.3.7 As part of work redesign, a skills audit will be undertaken and Job Descriptions incorporating performance indicators and output measures will be developed and agreed with the appropriate employee within the team context. Authority, accountability and responsibility will be clearly defined. 3.3.8 The parties agree to the continued joint establishment of standa...
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  • Best Practice NB strives to ensure that inter-country adoptions are in children's best interests and seeks to prevent the sale, exploitation, abduction, or trafficking of children. Payment for a child or an inducement to release a child for adoption is strictly forbidden. NB does not compensate any individual providing adoption services with an incentive fee or fee contingent on each child located for adoption. NB's employees, coordinators, and prospective adoptive parents are prohibited from giving money, gifts, bribes, or other consideration directly or indirectly to any person or entity, including any biological relative or caregiver of a child, as payment for a child or as an inducement to release a child for purposes of adoption.

  • Best Practices The Recipient acknowledges they may or may not have access to the Owner’s Confidential Information and agrees that it shall not directly or indirectly divulge, disclose, or communicate any of the Confidential Information to any third party, except as may be required during any formal business association or dealings on behalf of the Owner for any event, with the prior written approval of the Owner. The Recipient acknowledges that no license of the Confidential Information, by implication or otherwise, is granted to the Recipient by reason of this Agreement. Additionally, the Recipient acknowledges that it may only use the Confidential Information in connection with its business dealings with the Owner and for no other purpose without the prior written consent of the Owner.

  • Settlement Practices The Custodian shall provide to each Board the information with respect to custody and settlement practices in countries in which the Custodian employs an Eligible Foreign Custodian described on Schedule C at the time or times set forth on the Schedule. The Custodian may revise Schedule C from time to time, but no revision shall result in a Board being provided with substantively less information than had been previously provided on Schedule C.

  • FAIR PRACTICES The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent all employees by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex or marital status and to represent equally all employees without regard to membership or participation in, or association with the activities of any employee organization. The Board agrees to continue its policy of not discriminating against any employee on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status or membership or participation in, or association with the activities of, any employee organization.

  • Payable Practices No Borrower or Subsidiary has made any material change in its historical accounts payable practices from those in effect on the Closing Date.

  • Good Industry Practice all applicable Standards; and

  • Data Practices The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is subject to the requirements of Minnesota’s Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.01

  • Unfair Labor Practices The Grantee shall comply with the Employers Engaging in Unfair Labor Practices Act, 1980 PA 278, as amended, MCL 423.321 et seq.

  • Pay Practices The Employer recognizes the importance of regularity in pay practices and to the greatest extent possible the Employer will not alter the payment routines. Nurses will be notified in writing by the Employer not less than sixty (60) days in advance of a change to the pay practices.

  • Professional Practice Professional practice varies with the range of duties and responsibilities appropriately assigned to the position (as outlined in 19.2 to 19.5)

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