Probationary Appointments The duration of a probationary appointment for persons appointed after the signing of this Collective Agreement shall normally be six (6) years, unless a shorter period was stipulated in the letter of appointment.
Initial Appointment A person who receives an initial appointment to a position in the bargaining unit for or during a fiscal or academic year shall be appointed at a salary at least equal to the applicable minimum salary for that fiscal or academic year as specified in Article 25.5.
Continuing Director A "Continuing Director" shall mean a Director of the Company who (i) is not an Acquiring Person, an Affiliate or Associate, a representative of an Acquiring Person or nominated for election by an Acquiring Person, and (ii) was either a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement or subsequently became a Director of the Company and whose initial election or initial nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then on the Board of Directors of the Company.
Excluded Appointments With respect to the Excluded Appointments, (a) nothing in this Agreement shall give the Purchasers the right to control or defend any Proceeding to which any Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party to the extent such Proceedings have resulted in such Appointment being classified as an Excluded Appointment, and, except as may otherwise be agreed between the parties hereto, the Sellers or their Affiliates shall be responsible for the control, defense and/or settlement any such Proceeding and (b) the Sellers or their Affiliates shall be responsible for the control, defense and/or settlement of any matters that have resulted in such Appointment being treated as an Excluded Appointment because the Seller Representative reasonably determines that such appointment is required to be excluded pursuant to applicable Law. Subject to Section 8.2, the Purchasers shall use reasonable best efforts to take any Specified Actions reasonably requested by the Sellers in connection with the Sellers’ defense of such Proceedings or the settlement thereof; provided that the Sellers shall promptly reimburse the Purchasers for any reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Purchasers in connection with taking any such actions.
Initial Appointments The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.
Duties and Position The Company hires the Employee in the capacity of General Manager. The Employee's duties may be reasonably modified at the Company's discretion from time to time.
Continuing Appointment A continuing appointment shall continue until retirement or until otherwise terminated pursuant to this Agreement.
Removal of Board Members Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:
(a) no director elected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3 of this Agreement may be removed from office other than for cause unless (i) such removal is directed or approved by the affirmative vote of the Person(s) entitled under Section 1.2 to designate that director (including, as applicable, the Noteholders); or (ii) the Person(s) originally entitled to designate or approve such director pursuant to Section 1.2 is no longer so entitled to designate or approve such director;
(b) any vacancies created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected pursuant to Section 1.2 or 1.3 shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1; and
(c) upon the request of any party entitled to designate a director as provided in Section 1.2 to remove such director (including, as applicable, the Noteholders), such director shall be removed. All Stockholders agree to execute any written consents required to perform the obligations of this Agreement, and the Company agrees at the request of any party entitled to designate directors (including, as applicable, the Noteholders) to call a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.
Hiring and Appointments 15.1 The Employer will determine when a position will be filled, the type of appointment to be used when filling the position, and the skills and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the specific position within a job classification that is being filled. Only those candidates who have the position-specific skills and abilities required to perform the duties of the vacant position will be referred for further consideration by the employing Agency.
X. Xx Agency’s internal layoff list will consist of employees who have elected to place their name on the layoff list through Article 35, Layoff and Recall, of this Agreement and are confined to each individual agency.
B. The statewide layoff list will consist of employees who have elected to place their name on the statewide layoff list in accordance with WAC 000-00-000.
C. A promotional candidate is defined as an employee who has completed the probationary period within a permanent appointment and has attained permanent status within the Agency.
D. A transfer candidate is defined as an employee in permanent status in the same classification as the vacancy within the Agency.
E. A voluntary demotion candidate is defined as an employee in permanent status moving to a class in a lower salary range maximum, within the Agency.
Term Appointments 1.02.1 A term appointment is one in which the beginning and end dates of employment are clearly identified in the appointment letter.
1.02.2 It is agreed that employees employed on term appointments (hereinafter referred to as term employees) are covered by the terms of this Collective Agreement except for those Articles and conditions set out below:
a) It is agreed that there is no guarantee or commitment of employment to an employee beyond that which is identified in their appointment letter.
b) Term appointments normally are from 3 months to 1 year in length, though such an appointment may be for a longer period under special circumstances such as, Long Term Disability, Family Leave or Leave of Absence.
c) Prior to hiring or renewing an employee on a term appointment, Human Resources staff will evaluate a job description submitted by the Department Head/Designate and determine the appropriate salary range and hiring salary in accordance with the Salary Administration provision of this Agreement. If the original appointment letter indicates a period of employment of more than 12 months, or if the employee's actual period of employment in the same position exceeds 12 months, the position description will be submitted for evaluation by the Joint Technical Position Evaluation Committee at the beginning of the thirteenth month of employment. If this evaluation results in a salary increase, the increase shall be made effective to the beginning of the thirteenth month of employment.
d) Notwithstanding Article 21.01, term appointments of 3 to 6 months duration will not normally be posted; however, written notice will be sent to the Union.
e) For the purposes of seniority, term employees will not be considered as new employees if they are rehired within 6 months of a previous termination.
f) Notwithstanding Article 17 (Sick Leave), term employees shall be entitled to accumulate paid sick leave determined at the rate of 2 days per calendar month of their appointment to a maximum of 60 days.
g) Notwithstanding Article 12 (Layoff and Recall), in the event of a layoff the University will provide as much advance notice as possible to term employees. However, term employees shall not be entitled to recall rights.
h) Term employees shall not be covered by the following articles or clauses of the Collective Agreement: Article 12, Article 17.01, Article 17.02, Article 21.05.
i) Term employees whose employment has been renewed beyond the original term appointment, and whose appointment will not be renewed again, will be given a minimum of 2 weeks’ notice or notice pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, whichever is greater, confirming the end date stated in their subsequent appointment letter.
j) Term employees who are laid off are entitled to severance pay in accordance with Appendix B, Chart B.
