EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES 1. The University shall recognize UPTE designated employee representatives who are members of the bargaining unit. The function of the UPTE designated employee representative shall be to inform employees of their rights under this Agreement, to ascertain that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are being observed, and to investigate and assist in the processing of grievances.
2. For the purposes of receiving paid release time as provided in this section, UPTE may designate four (4) unit employees as "UPTE designated employee representatives" at each campus/hospital/LBNL. Additionally, in the event a campus/hospital/LBNL has more than two-hundred (200) employees, UPTE may designate one (1) additional UPTE-designated employee representative for each additional one hundred (100) bargaining unit members thereafter, up to a maximum of seven (7) UPTE designated employee representatives. UPTE shall not designate more than one (1) UPTE designated employee representative per department of 100 employees or less. For each additional one-hundred (100) employees, or fraction thereof, in a department UPTE shall be allowed one (1) additional representative in that department.
a. The total cumulative use of paid release time for the UPTE designated employee representative shall be limited to ten (10) hours in any one (1) month. University-convened meetings pursuant to Article 10 - Grievance Procedure, shall not be deducted from this block of time.
b. The use of the maximum of ten (10) hours shall be for health and safety or grievance-related activities such as:
1) Review and discussion with employees and management regarding health and safety issues;
2) the initial hand-delivered filing of a grievance and the retrieval of University documents provided pursuant to a written request for information related to a grievance;
3) one-on-one meetings with a grievant concerning a filed grievance, or an alleged violation of this Agreement which is at the Informal Review stage of Article 10 - Grievance Procedure;
4) meetings with the University representative to whom written grievances are presented or to whom documents related to filed grievance(s) are presented/signed or with whom time limit agreements are achieved;
5) Informal Review meetings held pursuant to Section E. of Article 10 - Grievance Procedure;
c. A request for release time will be made to the UPTE designated employee representative's supervisor prior to the activity. Such approval shall be granted solely on the basis of operational needs and shall not be denied unreasonably.
d. At its sole discretion, the University may authorize use of release time for more than ten (10) hours in a month per department. The exercise of this discretion and/or the enforcement by the University of the ten (10) hour maximum shall under no circumstances establish a precedent for the UPTE designated employee representative or department involved nor shall the allowance of greater than ten (10) hours in a month for an UPTE designated employee representative have any effect or bearing on the ability of the University to enforce the ten (10) hour maximum on any other UPTE designated employee representative.
e. Should a question of possible abuse of these release time provisions arise, the University will so notify UPTE, and the parties will attempt to resolve the matter. If a question remains, the University may take corrective action when warranted.
f. In the event that release time granted under Section C.2.a. above is not sufficient for the representative’s duties and additional time is not granted under Section C.2.d. above, the employee representative may elect to use vacation time in accordance with Article 43 - Vacation, or leave in accordance with Article 17 - Leaves for Union Business.
Union Delegate/Employee Representative Facilities The Employer shall provide an agreed facility for the use of the Union Delegate/ Employee representative to perform their duties and functions as the on-site representative of the Employees. The provision of the following facilities is to ensure that the Union Delegate/Employee Representative is able to effectively perform their functions in a professional and timely manner. The facilities shall include but need not exceed:
(a) a telephone;
(b) a table and chairs
(c) a filing cabinet;
(d) air-conditioning/heating;
(e) access to stationery and other administrative facilities use of e-mail, (if available on site), following consultation between the Union Delegate/Employee Representative and Site Management.
(f) a private lockable area (g) access to a computer.
Employee Representative The employee may choose someone to represent him or her at any step in the procedure. No person hearing a grievance need recognize more than one representative for any employee at any one time, unless he or she so desires.
Nurse Representatives The Employer agrees to recognize two (2) Nurse Representatives for the purpose of dealing with grievances and conducting Union interviews.
Responsibility of Dual Directors, Officers and/or Employees If any person who is a director, officer or employee of the Adviser is or becomes a Trustee, officer and/or employee of the Fund and acts as such in any business of the Fund pursuant to this Agreement, then such director, officer and/or employee of the Adviser shall be deemed to be acting in such capacity solely for the Fund, and not as a director, officer or employee of the Adviser or under the control or direction of the Adviser, although paid by the Adviser.
Designated Representatives (a) With the delivery of this Agreement, the Subordination Agent shall furnish to each Liquidity Provider and each Trustee, and from time to time thereafter may furnish to each Liquidity Provider and each Trustee, at the Subordination Agent’s discretion, or upon any Liquidity Provider’s or any Trustee’s request (which request shall not be made more than one time in any 12-month period), a certificate (a “Subordination Agent Incumbency Certificate”) of a Responsible Officer of the Subordination Agent certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signatures of the officers of the Subordination Agent and the attorney-in-fact and agents of the Subordination Agent (the “Subordination Agent Representatives”) authorized to give Written Notices on behalf of the Subordination Agent hereunder. Until each Liquidity Provider and each Trustee receives a subsequent Subordination Agent Incumbency Certificate, it shall be entitled to rely on the last Subordination Agent Incumbency Certificate delivered to it hereunder.
(b) With the delivery of this Agreement, each Trustee shall furnish to the Subordination Agent, and from time to time thereafter may furnish to the Subordination Agent, at such Trustee’s discretion, or upon the Subordination Agent’s request (which request shall not be made more than one time in any 12-month period), a certificate (a “Trustee Incumbency Certificate”) of a Responsible Officer of such Trustee certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signatures of the officers of such Trustee and the attorney-in-fact and agents of such Trustee (the “Trustee Representatives”) authorized to give Written Notices on behalf of such Trustee hereunder. Until the Subordination Agent receives a subsequent Trustee Incumbency Certificate, it shall be entitled to rely on the last Trustee Incumbency Certificate delivered to it hereunder.
(c) With the delivery of this Agreement, each Liquidity Provider shall furnish to the Subordination Agent, and from time to time thereafter may furnish to the Subordination Agent, at such Liquidity Provider’s discretion, or upon the Subordination Agent’s request (which request shall not be made more than one time in any 12-month period), a certificate (each, a “Provider Incumbency Certificate”) of any Responsible Officer of such Liquidity Provider certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signatures of any officer, attorney-in-fact, agent or other designated representative of such Liquidity Provider (in each case, the “Provider Representatives” and, together with the Subordination Agent Representatives and the Trustee Representatives, the “Designated Representatives”) authorized to give Written Notices on behalf of such Liquidity Provider hereunder. Until the Subordination Agent receives a subsequent Provider Incumbency Certificate, it shall be entitled to rely on the last Provider Incumbency Certificate delivered to it hereunder by the relevant Liquidity Provider.
Reasonable Accommodation for Applicants / Employees with Disabilities The contractor must be familiar with the requirements for and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all rules and regulations established there under. Employers must provide reasonable accommodation in all employment activities unless to do so would cause an undue hardship.
Recipient’s Representative; Addresses 6.01. The Recipient’s Representative referred to in Section 7.02 of the Standard Conditions is its Recipient’s Minister responsible for finance.
6.02. The Recipient’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs The Quadrangle Banjul Republic of The Gambia Facsimile: (000) 0000-000
6.03. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INDEVAS Washington, D.C. 248423 (MCI) or 64145 (MCI) 0-000-000-0000 AGREED at the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA By INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (acting as administrators of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Food Price Crisis Response Core) By The objective of the Project is to generate and accelerate adoption of improved technologies in the Participating Countries’ top agricultural commodity priority areas that are aligned with the sub-region’s top agricultural commodity priorities as outlined in the ECOWAP. The Project constitutes part of the first phase of the Program, and consists of the following parts: Part 1: Enabling Conditions for Sub-Regional Cooperation in Generation, Dissemination and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies Carrying out of a program to strengthen the mechanisms and procedures for generation, dissemination and adoption of improved agricultural technologies and tools by the Recipient so as to allow the Recipient and the ECOWAS member countries to benefit from the said technologies within the framework of a sub-regional technical and scientific cooperation, encompassing the provision of goods, consultants’ services, training, and the financing of operational costs required for:
1. the development of a sustainable financing mechanism for the existing Competitive Agricultural Research Grant (CARG) systems and an appropriate institutional arrangement for the generation, dissemination and adoption of improved and resilient agricultural technologies, through: (i) the development of suitable legislation harmonized with legislation of the other Participating Countries; (ii) the preparation of similarly harmonized manuals of procedures for such financing mechanism’s effective, transparent, and participatory management; and (iii) the setting up of suitable monitoring and evaluation systems adequate to supervise and, thereby, ensure the profitable performance of the financing mechanism and its accompanying institutional arrangements;
2. the strengthening of CORAF’s knowledge management, information and communication systems through: (i) the establishment of an efficient communication and information network system linking the Participating Countries; (ii) the upgrading of skills in information and communications technology and knowledge management, the consolidation of information available in various other data bases both at the national and sub-regional levels, and the provision to end-users of easy access to appropriate responses in real time; (iii) the development of a data base on agricultural research skills; and (iv) the carrying out of studies and the delivery of workshops to establish a food security hub for the Mano River Union;
3. the establishment of sub-regional regulations on genetic materials and agrochemicals through: (i) the development and adoption of regulations on fertilizer use and handling under preparation by ECOWAS which are harmonized with regulations of the other Participating Countries and the dissemination of the existing regulations on pesticide and genetic materials management; (ii) the evaluation of existing policies, rules and procedures on the exchange of technologies; and (iii) the delivery of workshops and seminars designed to ensure the participation of producers and agro-industrials in the formulation of regulations;
4. the establishment and/or strengthening of the national regulatory bodies to ensure the effective release of genetic materials, pesticides, and fertilizers and the management of intellectual property rights (IPR), through: (i) the revision, as necessary, of the Recipient’s procedures thereon in order to align them with sub- regional directives; (ii) the implementation of these procedures for the release, dissemination and adoption of new technologies, including the preparation and carrying out of a dissemination action plan; (iii) the documentation and the recording of the characteristics of technologies and the constitution of catalogues for proven and released technologies; (iv) the promotion of these technologies through various media; (v) the strengthening of the harmonization of procedures and analysis of IPR issues; and (vi) the promotion and the facilitation of access by non Participating Countries to improved technologies developed in the Participating Countries; and
5. the development by CORAF of a strategy to mainstream climate change considerations in research and development programs carried out by the Participating Countries, including: (i) the organization of a training program for researchers on climate change; (ii) the adoption of a screening tool for the CARG schemes to ensure research proposals take into account climate change issues;
Employee Resignation (a) Unless otherwise agreed by the Employer and an Employee, an Employee other than a probationary Employee may resign at any time by giving a minimum of four weeks' written notice to the Employer.
(b) In the event an Employee resigns and elects to leave before serving the required notice period, the balance of the notice period not served will not be paid out by the Employer.
– UNION COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES 6.01 The Employer will recognize the following:
(a) Two (2)