Common use of Frequency and Continuity Clause in Contracts

Frequency and Continuity. the level definitions incorporate a scale of frequency and continuity, as follows: Occasional - infrequently and/or for a short period of time - would generally result in the job being assessed at level 1 or 2, depending on the nature of the effort (unless the job also involves other forms of physical effort) e.g. if the demand is seasonal or occurring on average less than one day/shift in 10 over the year as a whole; Periodic - more frequent than occasional, but less frequent than regular; effort not necessarily associated with normal job duties; Regular - in the dictionary sense of repeated; would usually be associated with normal job duties; Frequent - in the dictionary sense; certainly associated with normal job duties; Ongoing - continuous or almost continuous; associated with the job duties undertaken for most of the working shift. Demands over particular periods relate to the nature of the work so, when evaluating a part-time job, which is not normally done on a 37 hours per week basis, for example, most school support roles, the assessment should be as if it were carried out on a full time basis. It is assumed that all relevant health and safety regulations are complied with. However, in considering the continuity of effort, breaks required by health and safety regulations (for example, for VDU work or driving), or other recognised breaks, should not be treated as breaks in the period of effort. Considerable physical effort, for example, could be rubbing/scrubbing tables, painting walls or doors with brush or roller, lifting/carrying piles of files or buckets of water or pushing a wheelchair with child or adult occupant. High physical effort, for example, could include scrubbing floors, sawing wood, lifting or carrying large containers of food or similar, pushing a wheelchair with a heavy occupant, pushing a well-laden trolley or sweeping mud or ice. Very high physical effort, for example, could include lifting or carrying sacks of potatoes, pushing/pulling full wheelie bins or a bed with a very heavy occupant, digging heavy soil or soil below ground level or laying full-size paving stones.

Frequency and Continuity. the level definitions incorporate a scale of frequency and continuity, as follows: follows:- Occasional - infrequently and/or for a short period of time - would generally result in the job being assessed at level 1 or 2, depending on the nature of the effort (unless the job also involves other forms of physical effort) e.g. if the demand is seasonal or occurring on average less than one day/shift in 10 over the year as a whole; Periodic - more frequent than occasional, but less frequent than regular; effort not necessarily associated with normal job duties; Regular - in the dictionary sense of repeated; would usually be associated with normal job duties; Frequent - in the dictionary sense; certainly associated with normal job duties; Ongoing - continuous or almost continuous; associated with the job duties undertaken for most of the working shift. Demands over particular periods relate to the nature of the work so, when evaluating a part-time job, which is not normally done on a 37 hours per week basis, for example, most school support roles, the assessment should be as if it were carried out on a full time basis. It is assumed that all relevant health and safety regulations are complied with. However, in considering the continuity of effort, breaks required by health and safety regulations (for example, for VDU work or driving), or other recognised breaks, should not be treated as breaks in the period of effort. Demands over particular periods relate to the nature of the work, and not to the contractual hours of the jobholder. Considerable physical effort, for example, could be rubbing/scrubbing tables, painting walls or doors with a brush or roller, lifting/carrying piles of files or buckets of water or pushing a wheelchair with a child or adult occupant. High physical effort, for example, could include scrubbing floors, sawing wood, lifting or carrying large containers of food or similar, pushing a wheelchair with a heavy occupant, pushing a well-laden trolley or sweeping mud or ice. Very high physical effort, for example, could include lifting or carrying full dustbins, sacks of potatoes, pushing/pulling full wheelie bins or a bed with a very heavy occupant, digging heavy soil or soil below ground level or laying full-size paving stones.