Education Leave Without Pay The Employer recognizes the usefulness of education leave. Upon written application by the employee and with the approval of the Employer, an employee may be granted education leave without pay for varying periods of up to one (1) year, which can be renewed by mutual agreement, to attend a recognized institution for studies in some field of education in which preparation is needed to fill the employee’s present role more adequately or to undertake studies in some field in order to provide a service which the Employer requires or is planning to provide.
Extra Compensation The Board shall pay no fees, other than described above, to the PA/E unless authorized by the Board as follows:
A. If the scope of the Project or site is changed, the Board and the PA/E shall negotiate a reasonable fee based upon the probable estimated construction cost in changing the scope of the work and the approximate percentage of the estimated construction cost which was used to negotiate this Agreement if, and, as such may be applicable.
B. If the DOE or Board requires the PA/E to make major or costly changes to the Schematic, Preliminary or Construction Document Phase submittals, which changes are not caused by architectural or engineering error or oversight, the PA/E shall be paid to redesign for additional expenses in an amount agreed to by the parties. Under no circumstances will the principals of the PA/E and the principals of his consultants be paid a fee in excess of $125 per hour.
RETURN OF GOODS BUYER is entitled to return any GOODS that are not in full compliance with this AGREEMENT. SELLER will reimburse BUYER the PRICE of such GOODS plus all reasonable costs and expenses associated with such return.
Overhead Rates The Engineer shall use the provisional overhead rate indicated in Attachment E. If a periodic escalation of the provisional overhead rate is specified in Attachment E, the effective date of the revised provisional overhead rate must be included. For lump sum contracts, the overhead rate remains unchanged for the entire contract period.
SALARY SACRIFICE ARRANGEMENTS 34.1 Employees covered by this Agreement will have access to salary sacrifice arrangements in addition to the compulsory arrangement detailed above. The requirements of any such arrangements shall ensure that:
(a) Accessing a salary sacrifice arrangement is a voluntary decision to be made by the individual Employee.
(b) An Employee wishing to enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement will be required to notify their Employer in writing of the intention to do so and have sought expert advice in relation to entering into such an arrangement.
(c) The Employer shall meet the cost of implementing the administrative and payroll arrangements necessary for the introduction of salary sacrifice to the Employees under the Agreement.
(d) The co-contribution of superannuation payments referred to herein shall be made by way of salary sacrifice arrangements.
Compensation Claims Section 1. When an injury is reported the reference number will be given to the employee and when requested, a copy of the injury report will be furnished to the employee within two (2) working days of such request. A copy of the injury report will also be furnished to the Local Union if requested by a Local Union official. The Employer agrees to cooperate and make a reasonable effort to provide the disposition of employee on-the-job injury claims within ten (10) business days. No employee will be disciplined or threatened with discipline or retaliated against as a result of filing an on-the-job injury report. The Employer or its designee shall not visit an injured worker at his/her their home. The Employer shall provide the Union Co-chair of the National Safety and Health Committee with current summaries of the essential functions of all positions covered by this Agreement. The Union shall have the right to challenge any such summary through the applicable grievance procedure. Any employee who is adversely affected by any such summary shall have the right to challenge such summary through the applicable grievance procedure. Any such decisions or settlements rendered through the grievance procedure, including but not limited to, at arbitration, shall be based solely upon, and applicable to, the facts present in that individual case and shall have no precedential effect beyond that case. This stipulation is limited to cases involving or referencing essential job functions. The Employer shall provide Worker’s Compensation protection for all employees even though not required by state law or the equivalent thereof if the injury arose out of or in the course of employment. An employee who is injured on the job, and is sent home, or to a hospital, or who must obtain medical attention, shall receive pay at the applicable hourly rate for the balance of his/her their regular shift on that day. Upon receiving an employee’s timely report of injury, the Employer shall not pressure an employee to continue to work, nor shall the Employer interfere with an employee seeking medical attention. When, because of such pressure, an employee spends time in a clinic after his or her their normal finish time, the time spent shall be the subject of a pay claim through the grievance procedure. An employee who has returned to regular duties after sustaining a compensable injury, and who is required by the Worker’s Compensation doctor to receive additional medical treatment during the employee’s regularly scheduled working hours, shall receive the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay for such time. The Employer agrees to provide any employee injured locally immediate transportation, at the time of injury, from the job to the nearest appropriate medical facility and return to the job, or to the employee’s home, if required. In such cases, no representative of the Employer shall be permitted to accompany the injured worker while he/she is they are receiving medical treatment and/or being examined by the medical provider, without the employee’s consent. In the event that any employee sustains an occupational illness or injury while on a run away from the home terminal, the Employer shall obtain medical treatment for the employee, if necessary, and, thereafter, will provide transportation by bus, train, plane or automobile to the employee’s home terminal, if and when directed by a doctor. An employee that has a change in his/her their medical duty status shall report that change to the Employer. In the event of a fatality, arising in the course of employment while away from the home terminal, the Employer shall return the deceased to the home of the deceased at the point of domicile.
’ Compensation Leave If such determination cannot readily be made and all healthcare leave or annual leave subject to 100% payoff has been applied to the absence, the employee shall be placed on Official Leave until a final determination is made.
Special Leave Without Pay Section 1. Employees may participate in a Special Leave Without Pay Program as established by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners. The Special Leave Without Pay Program period is from date of County Board Approval through December 31, 2021.
Section 2. Upon the request of either party, the EMPLOYER and the UNION shall meet and confer on the extension of this Special Leave Without Pay Program each year through 2021.
Section 3. The EMPLOYER's policy on use of Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP) provides that employees may use SLWOP in cases where they would otherwise not take the leave. The EMPLOYER will therefore interpret its policy on SLWOP to allow SLWOP for Union Leave and Parenting Leave in cases where the employee would not otherwise take the leave.
Intercarrier Compensation 5.5.1 Intercarrier compensation for seven (7) or ten (10) digit dialed calls originated by ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching shall apply as follows:
5.5.2 For calls terminating to a BellSouth End User or to an End User served by BellSouth resold services, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3 For calls terminating to a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office. BellSouth will not charge the terminating CLEC for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3.1 For calls terminating to third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies, utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. If ITC^DeltaCom does not have such an agreement with a third party carrier and BellSouth is charged termination charges by a third party terminating a call originated by ITC^DeltaCom, or if such third party carrier bills BellSouth for terminating such calls, despite the existence of such an agreement, then BellSouth may, at its option:
5.5.3.1.1 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and charge End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A to ITC^DeltaCom for each such call; or
5.5.3.1.2 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days of BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.2 Intercarrier compensation for seven (7) or ten (10) digit dialed calls terminating to ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching shall apply as follows:
5.5.3.2.1 For calls originated by a BellSouth End User or by an End User served by resold BellSouth services, BellSouth shall not charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching at the terminating end office for use of the network component; therefore, ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge BellSouth intercarrier compensation or any other charges for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.2.2 For calls originated by a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall not charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching at the terminating end office for use of the network component; therefore, ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge the originating CLEC or BellSouth intercarrier compensation or any other charges for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.2.3 For calls originated by third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies,utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. ITC^DeltaCom may xxxx the third parties according to such agreements and shall not xxxx BellSouth for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network.
5.5.3.3 Intercarrier compensation shall apply as follows for intralata 1+ dialed calls originated by ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching where ITC^DeltaCom uses BellSouth’s CIC for its End User’s LPIC:
5.5.3.3.1 For calls terminating to a BellSouth End User or to an End User served by BellSouth resold services, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3.3.2 For calls terminating to a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office. BellSouth will not charge the terminating CLEC for End Office Switching at the terminating end office. In the event that BellSouth is charged termination charges by the CLEC, BellSouth may pay such charges and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse BellSouth the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days following BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.3.3 For calls terminating to third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies, utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. If ITC^DeltaCom does not have such an agreement with a third party carrier and BellSouth is charged termination charges by a third party terminating a call originated by ITC^DeltaCom, or if such third party carrier bills BellSouth for terminating such calls, despite the existence of such an agreement, then BellSouth may, at its option:
5.5.3.3.3.1 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and charge End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A to ITC^DeltaCom for each such call; or
5.5.3.3.3.2 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse BellSouth the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days following BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.4 Intercarrier compensation shall apply as follows for intralata 1+ dialed calls terminating to ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching where the originating carrier uses BellSouth’s CIC for its End User’s LPIC:
5.5.3.4.1 For calls originated by a BellSouth End User or by an End User served by BellSouth resold service, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office for use of the End Office Switching network component in terminating such calls. ITC^DeltaCom may charge BellSouth for intercarrier compensation at the End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A for such calls. ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge originating or terminating switched access rates to BellSouth for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.5 For calls originated by or terminating to interexchange carriers through a switched access arrangement, ITC^DeltaCom may xxxx the interexchange carrier in accordance with ITC^DeltaCom’s tariff and will not xxxx BellSouth any charges for such call. ITC^DeltaCom shall pay BellSouth applicable charges for the use of BellSouth’s network in accordance with the rates set forth in Exhibit A for originating and terminating such calls.
Overtime Rates All overtime hours shall be compensated at the rate of time and one- half (1-1/2).
