Regular Work Week The regular work week shall be any five (5) consecutive days, Sunday through Saturday, for a total regular work week of forty (40) working hours, subject to the applicable premiums where provided for in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, employees may volunteer to work schedules that fall outside of the regular work week of Sunday through Saturday and may do so, upon approval by the Company, and with no penalty cost to the Company, but with applicable premiums as provided for in this Agreement.
Regular Work Day A regular work day shall consist of six and one-half (6½) hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Performance Excused The Affected Party, to the extent rendered unable to perform its obligations or part thereof under this Agreement as a consequence of the Force Majeure Event shall be excused from performance of the obligations. Provided that, the excuse from performance shall be of no greater scope and of no longer duration than is reasonably warranted by the Force Majeure Event. Provided further, nothing contained herein shall absolve the Affected Party from any payment obligations accrued prior to the occurrence of the underlying Force Majeure Event.
Committee Operation a. The committee shall be chaired jointly by a committee member from the Association and a committee member appointed by the Superintendent and/or his/her designee. b. Members of the committee shall receive training in all aspects of OTES, the state adopted evaluation framework, the standards for the teaching profession, teacher of record, shared attribution, and teacher-student data linkage prior to service on the committee. c. The committee shall establish, by mutual agreement, a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. d. Committee agendas shall be developed jointly by the co-chairpersons of the committee. e. All decisions of the committee shall be achieved by consensus. f. At the initial committee meeting, the committee will develop the ground rules by which the committee will operate. These ground rules will be read aloud at the commencement of every meeting and will be reviewed annually. g. At each meeting, the committee shall select an individual to act as the official scribe for that meeting. h. Members of the committee shall receive release time for committee work and training. i. Minutes of meetings shall be distributed to committee members, SSLTA President, and District Superintendent within seven (7) days following meetings of the committee. j. The committee may establish sub-committees to assist with their work. k. Sub-committees shall be jointly appointed by the Superintendent/designee and the Association President/designee. l. The committee shall be authorized to utilize a consultant(s) (examples include, but are not limited to, educational consultants, software consultants, credentialing trainers, etc.) as it deems appropriate. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Board.
Regular Hours The regular hours of work each day shall be consecutive except for interruptions for lunch periods.
Continuous Operation The work week shall provide for continuous operation based on a seven (7) day week, twenty-four (24) hours per day.
Distant Work Employees who are in receipt of Living Away from Home Allowance will be eligible for the allowances provided for in this clause, subject to Appendix H– Living Away from Home Allowance.
JOB The Company shall post notices of all job vacancies or new jobs. The notices will be posted on the main clock bulletin boards, at Saltfleet Warehouse and in the department concerned for five (5) consecutive days. A copy of all vacancy shall be given to the Local President at the time of posting. The employees interested in the vacancies will apply in writing to the Human Resources Department for such jobs within the five (5) consecutive days during which the notices are posted. In filling vacancies, the most senior employee in the department will be given the job, providing the employee has the ability to perform the duties required after a suitable trial period with proper instruction. If the job is not filled from within the department the Company will act in accordance with the procedure described in the above paragraph, however, plant-wide seniority will be used. The Company shall not be confined to the applicants in filling job vacancies if they are not suitable or qualified for the job concerned. Jobs that are normally of a day time nature, labour or otherwise, will be posted and filled in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The skilled trades trainee may not be assigned shift work until completing the training period. It is understood that the junior skilled tradesperson on day shift shall go on shift work until the trainee is qualified; following completion of the training program the trainee will be assigned shift work. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a trainee from being designated a skilledtradesperson, if, in the opinion of Management, the trainee is qualified in the trade prior to the expiration of the six (6 )months training period and the employee shall receive classification rate. The name of the successful applicant will be posted immediatelyon the departmentand main clock bulletin boards. Where an applicant does not receivethe position applied for, upon request to the Human ResourcesDepartment, the employee will be given reasons in writing why the application was not successful. Job vacancies or new classifications not filled within thirty (30) consecutivedays from the closing date of the final postingshallbe treated as a new vacancy and will be posted again by following the same procedure. No employeeshall be to bid again on any job within three (3) months of the date the employee successfully bid under the posting provisions. Employees on temporary job or who have been on temporary jobs, may apply for permanent jobs. It is the responsibility of the successful applicant to perform the job satisfactorily after a reasonable trial period. If the job applicant fails to perform satisfactorily, there shall be a conference with the Area Manager, the Union Stewardin the zoneconcerned and the employee involved to discuss the employee’s performance. If it is decided by the Company that the employee cannot perform the work, will be returned to previous job. If displaced an employee, any employee so displaced will be returned to previous job. The whole, however, is subject to the employee’s right to grieve if feels that has been unjustly treated. If an employee files a written notice with the Human Resources Department as to interest in applying for a stipulated job should it become available during absence due to sickness, vacation, leave of absence or lay-off, application shall be given consideration. Positions not covered by this Collective Agreement and those of lead hand positions, shall not be posted. Successful applicants for posted jobs will be transferred to the position for which they applied within a four (4) week period. If they are not transferred within the four week period, they will be paid the rate for the job applied for.
PERIOD OF OPERATION Subject to certification, this Agreement shall come into force from the first pay period commencing on or after 1st December 2002 and shall remain in force until 31 October 2005.
Commercial Operation (i) On or before December 31, 2021, Interconnection Customer must demonstrate commercial operation of all generating units. Demonstrating commercial operation includes achieving Initial Operation in accordance with Section 1.4 of Appendix 2 to this ISA and making commercial sales or use of energy, as well as, if applicable, obtaining capacity qualification in accordance with the requirements of the Reliability Assurance Agreement Among Load Serving Entities in the PJM Region.
