Common use of Frequency and Continuity Clause in Contracts

Frequency and Continuity. the level definitions incorporate a scale of frequency and continuity, as follows:- 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 a bed with a very heavy occupant, digging heavy soil or soil below ground level or laying full-size paving stones.