Merit Principles Sample Clauses

Merit Principles. If a new jurisdiction that has become subject to this MOU pursuant to former California Government Code §56844.2 fails to adopt or enforce laws which provide, in substance for the employment principles listed below, or those laws do not remain in effect for Transferred Employees during the entire term of this MOU, the following provisions shall apply to Transferred Employees:
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Merit Principles. To promote, strengthen and defend the principles of merit system in the public service: to promote and maintain efficiency in the public service and to safeguard and strengthen the public employee retirement systems of Ohio and to bargain collectively on behalf of union members in order to secure, retain and improve these principles and rights. AFSCME and OCSEA in signing this agreement hereby pledge their full cooperation from this day forward in fulfilling the above objectives and AFSCME expressly understands and endorses the objectives, function, aims and goals of the OCSEA particularly as they are spelled out in the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, OCSEA shall be affiliated with AFSCME and AFSCME shall charter OCSEA as Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local No. 11, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “OCSEA”). 2. AFSCME recognizes and approves OCSEA’s status as a non-profit corporation, chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio which shall remain in force in perpetuity. AFSCME recognizes and approves of OCSEA as a statewide organization comprised of many intermediate and subsidiary bodies and that all the provisions of this agreement shall remain applicable to all such intermediate and subsidiary bodies as may now or in the future be created and over its existing or future members. 3. OCSEA shall be chartered as an unaffiliated statewide, local union and shall not be required to affiliate with an AFSCME council in the future unless mutually agreed. ARTICLE II An OCSEA legislative district shall be established for OCSEA and one International vice-president shall be elected from such district by OCSEA’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days from the date of the execution of this agreement. The vice-president so elected shall serve until the next regular AFSCME convention, at which time he/she shall be either re-elected or his/ her successor elected in conformance with the normal election procedure as set forth in AFSCME’s Constitution. The eligibility requirement of three years membership in a local within the legislative district shall be waived until three years from the effective date of this affiliation. ARTICLE III OCSEA’s jurisdiction as an affiliate of AFSCME shall be all members in the jurisdiction within which they are employed. The parties recognize that such jurisdiction may subsequently be restructured following passage of a public employee collective bargaining law in the State of Ohio or, as...
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Merit Principles. ‌ The parties agree that it is their mutual intent to strengthen the merit principles in the bargaining unit and shall use all due diligence to maintain merit principles among the employees of the unit.
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Merit Principles. SECTION 1 MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES A. Recruitment should be from qualified individuals from appropriate sources in an endeavor to achieve a work force from all segments of society; selection and advancement should be determined solely on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills after fair and open competition which assures that all receive equal opportunity. B. All employees and applicants for employment should receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or handicapping condition and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights. C. Equal pay should be provided for work of equal value, with appropriate consideration of both national and local rates paid by employers in the private sectors, and appropriate incentives and recognition should be provided for excellence in performance. D. All employees should maintain high standards of integrity, conduct, and concern for the public interest. E. The Federal work force should be used efficiently and effectively. F. Employees should be retained on the basis of the adequacy of their performance; inadequate performance should be corrected; and employees should be separated who cannot or will not improve their performance to meet required standards. G. Employees should be provided effective education and training in cases in which such education and training would result in better organizational and individual performance. H. Employees should be: 1. Protected against arbitrary action, personal favoritism, or coercion for partisan political purposes; and 2. Prohibited from using their official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for election. I. Employees should be protected against reprisal for the lawful disclosure of information which the employees reasonably believe evidences: 1. A violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or 2. Mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. J. In administering the provisions of this Chapter: 1. With respect to any agency (as defined in Section 2302(a)(2)(C) of this title), the President shall, pursuant to the authority otherwise available under this title, take any action, including the issuance of rules, regulations, or directives; and 2. With respect to any...
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Merit Principles. The parties agree that it is their mutual intent to strengthen the merit principles and shall use all due diligence to maintain merit principles among all Employees to the end that Employees be selected, appointed and promoted from among the most qualified, not on the basis of personal connections.
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Merit Principles. ‌ Standards for hiring and promoting shall be based on specific, objective qualifications, so that persons best qualified to perform the functions of the State will be employed and that an effective career services will be encouraged, developed, and maintained.
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Merit Principles. The parties agree that it is their intent to strengthen merit principles in the bargaining unit, to the end that bargaining unit members be selected, appointed and promoted from among the most qualified.
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Merit Principles. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, reassignments with known promotion potential will be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article 10 (Merit Promotion). Article 18‌‌
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  • Basic Principles The Electrical Contractor and the Union have a common and sympathetic interest in the Electrical Industry. Therefore, a working system and harmonious relations are necessary to improve the relationship between the Employer, the Union and the Public. Progress in industry demands a mutuality of confidence between the Employer and the Union. All will benefit by continuous peace and by adjusting any differences by rational common-sense methods.

  • General Principles Each Party shall implement its tasks in accordance with the Consortium Plan and shall bear sole responsibility for ensuring that its acts within the Project do not knowingly infringe third party property rights.

  • Funding Principles A Party which spends less than its allocated share of the Consortium Budget will be funded in accordance with its actual duly justified eligible costs only. A Party that spends more than its allocated share of the Consortium Budget will be funded only in respect of duly justified eligible costs up to an amount not exceeding that share.

  • Governing Principles 1. The implementation of this Memorandum of Understanding shall in all aspects be governed by the Regulation and subsequent amendments thereof. 2. The objectives of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 shall be pursued in the framework of close co-operation between the Donor States and the Beneficiary State. The Parties agree to apply the highest degree of transparency, accountability and cost efficiency as well as the principles of good governance, partnership and multi-level governance, sustainable development, gender equality and equal opportunities in all implementation phases of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021. 3. The Beneficiary State shall take proactive steps in order to ensure adherence to these principles at all levels involved in the implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021. 4. No later than 31/12/2020, the Parties to this Memorandum of Understanding shall review progress in the implementation of this Memorandum of Understanding and thereafter agree on reallocations within and between the programmes, where appropriate. The conclusion of this review shall be taken into account by the National Focal Point when submitting the proposal on the reallocation of the reserve referred to in Article 1.11 of the Regulation.

  • Operating Principles During the Term of a Site, Tower Operator shall manage, operate and maintain such Site (including with respect to the entry into, modification, amendment, extension, expiration, termination, structuring and administration of Ground Leases and Collocation Agreements related thereto), (i) in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in compliance with applicable Law in all material respects, (iii) in a manner consistent in all material respects with the manner in which Tower Operator manages, operates and maintains its portfolio of telecommunications tower sites and (iv) in a manner that shall not be less than the general standard of care in the tower industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Term of a Site, except as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, Tower Operator shall not without the prior written consent of the AT&T Lessors (A) manage, operate or maintain such Site in a manner that would (x) diminish the expected residual value of such Site in any material respect or shorten the expected remaining economic life of such Site, in each case determined as of the expiration of the Term of such Site, or (y) cause such Site or a substantial portion of such Site to become “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 2001-28, 2001-1 C.B. 1156 (except, in the case of this clause (y), as required by applicable Law or any Governmental Authority), (B) structure any related Ground Lease in a manner such that the amounts payable thereunder are above fair market value during any period following or upon the expiration of the Term of such Site (without regard to any amounts payable prior to the expiration of the Term of such Site) or (C) structure any related Collocation Agreement in a manner such that the amounts payable thereunder are structured on an initial lump-sum basis (if such amounts payable are not capital contributions or other upfront payments for capital improvements to a Site related to the use of such Site by the collocator under such Collocation Agreement) or are otherwise less than fair market value during any period following or upon expiration of the Term of such Site (without regard to any amounts payable prior to the expiration of the Term of such Site), in each case unless otherwise expressly authorized by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

  • Guiding Principles This Agreement shall create a liberal, facilitative, transparent and competitive investment environment in ASEAN by adhering to the following principles: (a) provide for investment liberalisation, protection, investment promotion and facilitation; (b) progressive liberalisation of investment with a view towards achieving a free and open investment environment in the region; (c) benefit investors and their investments based in ASEAN; (d) maintain and accord preferential treatment among Member States; (e) no back-tracking of commitments made under the AIA Agreement and the ASEAN IGA; (f) grant special and differential treatment and other flexibilities to Member States depending on their level of development and sectoral sensitivities; (g) reciprocal treatment in the enjoyment of concessions among Member States, where appropriate; and (h) accommodate expansion of scope of this Agreement to cover other sectors in the future.

  • Principles The Trust will be governed by the employee representatives and the employer representatives, together with the Crown;

  • XXXXXXXX FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRINCIPLES In accordance with the XxxXxxxx Fair Employment Principles (Chapter 807 of the Laws of 1992), the Contractor hereby stipulates that the Contractor either (a) has no business operations in Northern Ireland, or (b) shall take lawful steps in good faith to conduct any business operations in Northern Ireland in accordance with the XxxXxxxx Fair Employment Principles (as described in Section 165 of the New York State Finance Law), and shall permit independent monitoring of compliance with such principles.

  • Applicable Principles Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the Actual Tax Liability of the Corporation for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest, as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a). Carryovers or carrybacks of any tax item attributable to any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of U.S. state and local tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any tax item includes a portion that is attributable to a Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that: (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)); and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year. The Parties agree that, subject to the second to last sentence of Section 2.1(a), all Tax Benefit Payments attributable to an Exchange will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation beginning in the Taxable Year of payment, and as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into such Taxable Year continuing for future Taxable Years until any incremental Basis Adjustment benefits with respect to a Tax Benefit Payment equals an immaterial amount.

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