Policy and Legal Reform Sample Clauses

Policy and Legal Reform. The Parties have identified the following policy, legal and regulatory reforms and actions that the Government shall pursue in support, and to reach the full benefits, of the Transportation Project, the satisfactory implementation of which will be conditions precedent to certain MCC Disbursements as provided in the Disbursement Agreement:
Policy and Legal Reform. To improve its level of performance under the policy criteria identified in Section 607 of the Millennium Challenge Act and the MCA Eligibility Criteria and to support the Enterprise Development Project, the Government will pursue the following legislative and policy reforms: (i) Improve the investment climate, particularly for investments in the agribusiness and other sectors relevant to the Enterprise Development Project, including those reforms identified by working with the expert engaged under the Legal and Policy Environment component of the Investment Fund Activity. Broadly construe reform to include commercial laws, enforcement mechanisms and systematic issues, such as problems with payment systems; (ii) Provide for effective implementation of the law on additional privatization of agricultural land remaining in state ownership (providing for privatization of large plots of agricultural land); (iii) Pass effective laws on immovable and moveable property pledge registration and related secured transaction law reform, and provide for implementation; and (iv) Undertake policy reform and seek to improve legislation governing the agribusiness sector, including: (1) Refine the National Agricultural Strategy that outlines critical priorities to be undertaken that creates a pro-agribusiness growth environment; (2) Planning and implementing significant benchmarks for improved legislation for seed and plant material law; and (3) Planning and implementing significant benchmarks for improved legislation for food safety regulations. This Annex II to the Compact (the “Financial Plan Annex”) summarizes the Multi-Year Financial Plan for the Program. Each capitalized term in this Financial Plan Annex shall have the same meaning given such term elsewhere in this Compact.
Policy and Legal Reform. The Parties have identified the following policy, legal and regulatory reforms and actions that the Government shall pursue in support, and to reach the full benefits, of the Watershed Project, the satisfactory implementation of which will be conditions precedent to certain MCC Disbursements as provided in the Disbursement Agreement: (a) Establishment of a water fee system. This includes: (i) a fee paid by users that (A) covers operating, delivery, and maintenance costs and (B) reflects the scarcity of water resources in the country and (ii) a formula for an annual adjustment in the fee rate based on consistent measurement of changes in the water table, and otherwise acceptable to MCC. This water fee system will be implemented according to a schedule agreed upon by the Parties for each Watershed Area. (b) Build municipal capacity and a regulatory system, including any necessary or advisable policy reforms or procedural changes, to implement the water fee system and collect the fees described in paragraph (a) above. (c) Establishment of a fee for services system for agribusiness and development of a sustainability plan. The Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries shall implement a “fee for services” policy, charging fees for training, quality inspections, and certifications and develop a sustainability plan (including a management plan for the transfer of ownership and management to the private sector of the packing sheds). (d) Elimination of key regulatory and legal obstacles to movement of inspected and certified horticultural products, including taking all necessary regulatory or other actions to lift the embargo on exports of horticultural products from Xxxxx Xxxxx.
Policy and Legal Reform. The Parties have identified the following policy, legal and regulatory reforms and actions that the Government shall pursue in support, and to reach the full benefits, of the Transportation Project, the satisfactory implementation of which will be conditions precedent to certain MCC Disbursements as provided in the Disbursement Agreement: (a) Legislation to ensure sustainable maintenance of the national road network, including adequate funding. Funding targets will be agreed upon in the Disbursement Agreement, and shall include adequate funding to FOMAV for road maintenance in accordance with generally accepted technical standards. (b) Local governments to provide adequate funding for sustainable maintenance of the secondary roads that MCC Funding is used to improve. Funding targets will be agreed upon in the Disbursement Agreement, and shall include adequate funding for road maintenance in accordance with generally accepted technical standards. (c) Legislation on national road safety and enforcement of such legislation. This Schedule 3 describes and summarizes the key elements of a rural business development project that the Parties intend to implement in furtherance of the Rural Business Development Objective (the “Rural Business Development Project”). Additional details regarding the implementation of the Rural Business Development Project will be included in the Implementation Plan and in relevant Supplemental Agreements.
Policy and Legal Reform. Under this Project activity, MCC Funding will support technical assistance to the Government to revise land reform legislation currently in draft form and to develop its land policy, thereby promoting the use of land as an economic asset. Gender analysis will ensure that revisions to the draft Land Xxxx are congruent with the Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act and other gender equality reforms and principles. MCC Funding will permit the Government to obtain technical assistance to draft laws and related implementing regulations as needed to realize land policy reforms. Finally, MCC Funding will support the education and training of land administration officials, community councils and the public on land administration issues and the formalization of rights to land. The expected outcomes of this Project activity include adopting a new land policy reinforced by the passage of a new Land Act and the promulgation of its implementing regulations and spreading a wider understanding and awareness of the new land policy among officials and citizens.
Policy and Legal Reform. The main implementer of this sub-activity is to be a legal consulting team made up of a legal specialist familiar with international best practices and lawyers with knowledge of legal practices in Lesotho. The legal consulting team will support the LSPP/LAA in the formation of new land policy, drafting laws and regulations implementing the policy, advocating in support of the adoption and broad acceptance of the new land policy, and implementing the land administration reforms (including, for example, training and public outreach, procedural analysis and reform). The legal team will interact and cooperate with other implementers selected to work on land administration reform, supporting their efforts to implement new land policy and assisting in problem resolution.
Policy and Legal Reform. The Parties have identified the following policy, legal and regulatory reforms and actions (in addition to those being funded under the Private Sector Development Project) that the Government shall pursue in support, and to reach the full benefits, of the Private Sector Development Project, the satisfactory implementation of which will be conditions precedent to certain MCC Disbursements as provided in the Disbursement Agreement: (a) If the success and implementation of a Selected Activity is dependent upon the implementation of policy or legal reforms or procedural changes that are not being funded by MCC, the Government shall take all necessary or advisable action to adopt or implement such reforms and changes in a timely and effective manner. (b) The enactment of legislation to regulate MFIs and their deposit-taking powers.

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  • EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND UNION MEMBERSHIP 5.01 The Union and the Employer will cooperate in maintaining a desirable and competent labour force. The Employer will notify the Union of manpower requirements giving as much prior notice as possible. The Union will provide a list of manpower available. The Employer at its discretion may hire employees so listed or from other sources. 5.02 The Employer has the right to hire new employees as needed, provided that no new employee(s) will be hired while there are available employees on layoff qualified to do the work. 5.03 New employees will be hired on a three (3) month probationary period, and thereafter shall attain regular employment status. Their respective seniority shall be dated back to the date of their last hiring by the Employer. 5.04 Probationary employees are covered by the Agreement, excepting those provisions which specifically exclude such employees. 5.05 The Employer and the Union will endeavour to make use of an apprenticeship program for employees hired in the Skilled Xxxxxxx Helper and Xxxxxxx Helper classifications. The parties recognize the Employer's legitimate concern to maintain control over the availability of manpower especially at peak work periods. 5.06 Neither the Employer nor the Union will compel employees to join the Union. The Employer will not discriminate against any employees because of Union membership or lack of it, and will inform all new employees of the contractual relationship between the Employer and the Union. Before commencing work, any new employee will be referred by the Employer to a xxxxxxx or Local 52 Representative in order to give such xxxxxxx or Local 52 Representative an opportunity to describe the Union's purposes and representation policies to such new employees.

  • Policy and Procedures If the resident leaves the facility due to hospitalization or a therapeutic leave, the facility shall not be obligated to hold the resident’s bed available until his or her return, unless prior arrangements have been made for a bed hold pursuant to the facility’s “Bed Reservation Policy and Procedure” and pursuant to applicable law. In the absence of a bed hold, the resident is not guaranteed readmission unless the resident is eligible for Medicaid and requires the services provided by the facility. However, the resident may be placed in any appropriate bed in a semi-private room in the facility at the time of his or her return from hospitalization or therapeutic leave provided a bed is available and the resident’s admission is appropriate and meets the readmission requirements of the facility.

  • Health and Life Insurance In the event Employee’s employment is terminated hereunder, the Company shall provide the following health and life insurance benefits: (a) Upon Employee’s termination of employment under this Agreement other than upon Employee’s termination for Cause or upon Employee’s death, the Company shall be responsible for a one-year period following Employee’s Termination Date, the scheduled premium payments (on or before their due dates) on any universal life insurance policy covering Employee’s life which is in force immediately prior to the Termination Date; provided, however, that the Company shall be obligated to pay any such premiums only to the extent that, and on the same basis as, payments are made by the Company on the universal life insurance policies covering officers of the Company with same or similar coverage and further provided that during the period of six months immediately following the Employee’s Termination Date, the Employee shall be obligated to pay the Company the full cost for any such premium payments, and the Company shall reimburse the Employee for any such payments on the first business day that is more than six months after the Employee’s Termination Date, together with interest on such amount from the Termination Date through the date of payment at the Interest Rate. (b) Upon Employee’s termination of employment under this Agreement other than upon a Change of Control (which shall be governed by the COC Severance Plan), Employee’s termination for Cause, or upon Employee’s death, the Company shall, at its expense, provide such medical and dental coverage as in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date for Employee and Employee’s then covered dependents until the end of the period designated for payments to be made hereunder. Thereafter, Employee and his qualified beneficiaries shall be entitled to continue health insurance benefits, under and through the terms of the applicable COBRA law and regulations, at Employee’s own expense until the expiration of COBRA coverage. (c) In the event of Employee’s death during the Term of Employment for a twelve-month period after his death the Company shall make available at its expense medical and dental insurance covering Employee’s spouse and his dependents (collectively, “Employee’s Beneficiaries”) who would have been covered (if the Term of Employment had continued) by the Company’s medical and dental insurance policies as then in effect, and (ii) thereafter for an additional six-month period, such medical and dental insurance in effect from time to time shall be provided to Employee’s Beneficiaries, with Employee’s Beneficiaries (or estate if applicable) to reimburse the Company for the cost of comparable coverage under the provisions of this clause (ii), unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law Thereafter, Employee and his qualified beneficiaries shall be entitled to continue health insurance benefits, under and through the terms of the applicable COBRA law and regulations, at Employee’s own expense until the expiration of COBRA coverage. (d) Any taxable welfare benefits provided pursuant to this Section 13 that are not “disability pay” or “death benefits” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5) (collectively, the “Applicable Benefits”) shall be subject to the following requirements in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any Applicable Benefit provided during one taxable year shall not affect the amount of the Applicable Benefit provided in any other taxable year, except that with respect to any Applicable Benefit that consists of the reimbursement of expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, a limitation may be imposed on the amount of such reimbursements over some or all of the applicable severance period, as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(iv)(B). To the extent that any Applicable Benefit consists of the reimbursement of eligible expenses, such reimbursement must be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. No Applicable Benefit may be liquidated or exchanged for another benefit.

  • Freedom of Association A teacher's participation or non-participation in religious, political or teacher association activities conducted outside duty hours and off school property shall not be grounds for disciplinary action or for discrimination with respect to professional employment, providing said activities do not violate local, state or national laws or are not prejudicial to the teacher's effectiveness in teaching performance.

  • Insurance and Liability 13.1 The Contractor shall pay UNDP promptly for all loss, destruction, or damage to the property of UNDP caused by the Contractor’s personnel or by any of its subcontractors or anyone else directly or indirectly employed by the Contractor or any of its subcontractors in the performance of the Contract. 13.2 Unless otherwise provided in the Contract, prior to commencement of performance of any other obligations under the Contract, and subject to any limits set forth in the Contract, the Contractor shall take out and shall maintain for the entire term of the Contract, for any extension thereof, and for a period following any termination of the Contract reasonably adequate to deal with losses: 13.2.1 insurance against all risks in respect of its property and any equipment used for the performance of the Contract;

  • INSURANCE PROTECTION A. The Board shall provide MESSA Plan 1 or Plan 2 described below by making payment of insurance premiums for a full twelve (12) month period each year of this Agreement for the teacher and his/her eligible dependents as defined by MESSA, subject to the provisions below. B. Each teacher shall elect either Plan 1 or Plan 2, provided, however, that if a husband and wife are both members of the bargaining unit, one shall select Plan 1 and the other Plan 2. Part-time teachers shall receive the Plan 1 premium rate on a pro rata basis (e.g., a teacher employed for three days per week will receive three-fifths of the premium rate due to a full-time teacher eligible for the same coverage). Those part-time Teacher electing Plan 1 shall pay the difference between the prorated amount and the full cost of the appropriate health insurance by direct payment or payroll deduction. C. The employer shall pay 80% of the total cost of the MESSA medical premium and deductible. 100% of the non-medical benefits. Additionally, the Board agrees to maintain this 80/20 cost-sharing provision during the life of this Agreement. Employees shall contribute 20% of the medical premium and the annual deductible. Employer shall fund 100% of the MESSA ABC Plan 1 annual deductible (minus the employees 20% contribution) to the employees’ Health Equity (HEQ) Health Savings Account (HSA) for each plan year. Deposits would be made in quarterly installments beginning on January 1, then April 1, then July 1, and the last installment on October 1 of each year. The District will fund the balance of the deductible due ahead of schedule for any member who incurs significant medical claims prior to receiving all four quarterly deposits. For teachers hired after January 1, the Employer will fund a percentage of the MESSA ABC Plan I annual deductible to the employees’ Health Equity” (HEQ) Health Savings Account (HSA) for each plan year equal to the percentage of the calendar year they work. Employee contributions shall be payroll deducted. Payments will start with the first pay date after the open enrollment period ends. The annual payment amount will be distributed equally throughout the remainder of the payroll dates for the school year through a qualified Section 125 plan and shall not be subject to withholding. The Employer’s qualified Section 125 plan shall include any and all of the provisions necessary for pre-tax contributions to employees’ HSA accounts. In the event an employee is not qualified for a Health Savings Account for any of the months of the deductible plan year, the employer shall contribute the negotiated amount of funding as set forth in the agreement to either a Flexible Spending Account (“FSA”) or a 403(b). Affected employees shall notify the employer where to contribute the money on or before December 15 of each school year. Employees may contribute, through payroll deduction and electronic transfer additional money towards their HSA up to the maximum amounts allowed by Federal Law. The parties understand that in the event the minimum deductible necessary for a medical plan to comply with HSA eligibility is increased beyond the current deductible level in MESSA ABC Plan 1, the deductible (and the Employer’s funding of the deductible) will automatically adjust to meet the federal minimum requirement. D. Benefit Plan 1 Plan 2 1. Health Insurance MESSA ABC Plan 1 Deductible $1400/$2800 ABC Rx SO OL/OV/SV $0 Coinsurance 2. Long Term Disability MESSA Same as Plan 1 Coverage 66 2/3% of salary up to $7,500 monthly maximum 90 calendar days modified fill Pre-existing condition waiver Alcohol/drug (same as any other illness) Mental/Nervous (same as any other illness) Soc. Sec. Offset- Primary Own- Occupation 2 years COLA- No SS Freeze- Yes 3. Dental Insurance MESSA/Delta Dental Same as Plan 1 Coverage Diag & Prev – 80% Basic Services- 80% (X Rays) Major services 80% Annual Max- $1800 Orthodontics- 80% Lifetime Max- UCR Riders- 2 cleanings, AO 4. Life Insurance MESSA Negotiated Term Same as Plan 1 Life $45,000 with $45,000 AD&D, Waiver of Premium 5. Vision Insurance MESSA Vision Enhanced Same as Plan 1 6. Options Not Available Pursuant to the terms of the District’s Section 125 Plan, All teachers electing to take the Plan 2 option in lieu of medical insurance shall receive 80% of the amount of the single subscriber premium rate for the insurance plan provided to other members of the association. (prorated for part-time Teacher). Cash in lieu payments will start with the first pay date after the open enrollment period ends. The annual payment amount will be distributed equally throughout the remainder of the payroll dates for the school year. Any modifications of the Section 125 Plan which affect bargaining unit members will be subject to negotiations with the Association.

  • Policy Because the volume of human genomic and phenotypic data maintained in these repositories is substantial and, in some instances, potentially sensitive (e.g., data related to the presence or risk of developing particular diseases or conditions and information regarding family relationships or ancestry), data must be shared in a manner consistent with the research participants’ informed consent, and the confidentiality of the data and the privacy of participants must be protected. Access to human genomic data will be provided to research investigators who, along with their institutions, have certified their agreement with the expectations and terms of access detailed below. NIH expects that, through Data Access Request (DAR) process, approved users of controlled-access datasets recognize any restrictions on data use established by the Submitting Institutions through the Institutional Certification, and as stated on the dbGaP study page. Definitions of the underlined terminology in this document are found in section 13. The parties to this Agreement include: the Principal Investigator (PI) requesting access to the genomic study dataset (an “Approved User”), the PI’s home institution (the “Requester”) as represented by the Institutional Signing Official designated through the eRA Commons system, and the NIH. The effective date of this Agreement shall be the DAR Approval Date, as specified in the notification of approval of the Data Access Committee (DAC).

  • Standard Hazard and Flood Insurance Policies For each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan), the Master Servicer shall maintain, or cause to be maintained by each Servicer, standard fire and casualty insurance and, where applicable, flood insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. It is understood and agreed that such insurance shall be with insurers meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. Pursuant to Section 4.01, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer, or by any Servicer, under any insurance policies maintained pursuant to this Section 9.16 or any Servicing Agreement (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in maintaining any such insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit; provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be taken into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02.

  • SPAM POLICY You are strictly prohibited from using the Website or any of the Company's Services for illegal spam activities, including gathering email addresses and personal information from others or sending any mass commercial emails.

  • Data Protection All personal data contained in the agreement shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the EU institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Such data shall be processed solely in connection with the implementation and follow-up of the agreement by the sending institution, the National Agency and the European Commission, without prejudice to the possibility of passing the data to the bodies responsible for inspection and audit in accordance with EU legislation (Court of Auditors or European Antifraud Office (XXXX)). The participant may, on written request, gain access to his personal data and correct any information that is inaccurate or incomplete. He/she should address any questions regarding the processing of his/her personal data to the sending institution and/or the National Agency. The participant may lodge a complaint against the processing of his personal data with the [national supervising body for data protection] with regard to the use of these data by the sending institution, the National Agency, or to the European Data Protection Supervisor with regard to the use of the data by the European Commission.