Standards of living Sample Clauses

Standards of living. Disabled people have an equal right to a good enough standard of living for them and their families. This includes food, clothing, housing and clean water. Disabled people should be able to get help to improve their standard of living the same as everyone else. Countries should make sure that: Disabled people have the right services and aids for their disability, at a price they can afford. Disabled people especially girls and women and older people, have help to have a good enough standard of living. Disabled people who are poor get help from the state with the costs of disability. Disabled people have access to public housing programmes. Disabled people have the same chances to get retirement pensions as other people.
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Standards of living. Significant impacts to individuals who make their living from the mine, either providing goods and services to the mine-site and camp or those being directly employed to work at the site. • Communities standard of living impacted as a result of loss of earnings. • People will leave Lihir to search for work, with some pressure reduced on food sources. • Health, education and government services will be maintained due to Sustainable Community Development Plan. • As part of the SCDP agreements, Trusts will help provide support to the community after the mine has closed. • Refer to the population comments above. Police and Court Facilities • It is likely there will have been substantial progress in the development and implementation of the Law and Order Committee’s strategy. • Potential for some civil unrest upon final closure. • Impacts upon existing police resources • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term government. Lihir Management Company Limited December 31, 2004 Lihir Gold Mine — Mine Closure Plan Update 2004 Emergency Facilities • It is envisaged an agreement between LMC, the government and the local community will have been made in order to transfer the emergency services upon closure in 2040. • At present almost all emergency services on Lihir are provided by LMC. Search and rescue operations, fire services and medical evacuations are provided at the company’s discretion without any charge. Utilities • It is expected that following closure, 50% of the remaining townsite infrastructure will be demolished and the sites rehabilitated subject to negotiation with the community and regulators. • Under the SCDP there are plans to develop the Londolovit township with a town authority to be established to manage and plan for the development. • Water supply and associated equipment will be left to provide water from Londolovit wxxx. • The 6MW power supply to Londolovit will be maintained and transferred for use to provide electricity to the local community. • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term utility services. Transport • Following closure, the remaining light and heavy vehicles will be resold, salvaged or transferred to the community. • The airport will be handed over to the Government. • All roads will be repaired to design standards and handed over as-is to the community. • Agreements to be made between LMC, local community and government for transfer of roads, airport and vehicles. Environment • A post moni...
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Standards of living. The Lihirian population will experience a dramatic decline in living standards due to reduced incomes. • As all forms of cash cropping have declined since the period of exploration, it would be some years before the pre-mining levels of copra and cocoa production were returned for example. • The advances in the living standards at a household level for the majority of Lihirians are dependent on wages earned directly or indirectly from the mine. • Few Lihirians could maintain their current living standard for longer than a few months. • Sustainable Community Development Plan supporting Health, education and government services would be phased out. Food Security • Purchasing power would be affected although savings and termination entitlements ensure that people could continue to buy in the short term. • Supermarket sales would decline and may ultimately close soon after closure. • Boats could travel to New Ireland for supplies and small local trade stores would benefit in the short-term. • Refer to LMC Socio-Economic surveys 2003. • Land pressures have placed limits on subsistence gardening. • The majority of Lihirians, including those who are employed, still have gardens and grow food for their families. Police and Court Facilities • Existing police services will be strained, but police withdrawal unlikely. • Long term services unlikely to be maintained at current level. • LMC assistance would cease, with ensuing negative effects on the efficiency and effectiveness of police operations on Lihir. • Sustainable Community Development Plan support for long term government services would be phased out. • LMC assists police operations in a number of ways with transport, fuel and other material support. The company has also helped with the training and establishment of auxiliary and community policing. Lihir Management Company Limited December 31, 2004 Lihir Gold Mine — Mine Closure Plan Update 2004 Emergency Facilities • Lihirians would lose LMC emergency services. • The ambulances at Palie and Londolovit would remain but budget provisions would not be adequate to maintain and replace vehicles in the long term. • Unless provision for a post-closure transfer of responsibility to LLG were arranged, Lihir would have no emergency fire service. • Emergency Medivacs are subsidised by LMC — not feasible after closure. • At present almost all emergency services on Lihir are provided by LMC. • Search and rescue operations (especially relating to boats lost at sea), fire ...
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  • STANDARDS OF DISCIPLINE 18.1 In order of severity, the usual types of disciplinary action are as follows: - oral reprimand, - written reprimand - suspension - demotion - termination of employment 18.2 When an employee is required to attend a meeting, the purpose of which is to investigate a disciplinary matter concerning the employee or to render a disciplinary decision concerning the employee, the employee is entitled to have, upon request, a representative of the Association attend the meeting. Where practicable, the employee shall receive a minimum of two (2) day’s notice of such a meeting and shall be informed of the reason for it. 18.3 When an employee is suspended from duty, demoted or terminated due to a disciplinary infraction, the Council shall notify the employee, in writing, of the reason(s) for the suspension, demotion or termination. The Council shall endeavour to provide this written notification at the time of the suspension, demotion or termination. 18.4 When an employee feels aggrieved by the application of any disciplinary action which was applied, or in the employee’s opinion was applied, to the employee by the Council, the employee may present a grievance in accordance with the Grievance Procedure Article of this Agreement. 18.5 Except in the case of an oral reprimand, the Council shall provide an employee with a written record of any disciplinary action taken by the Council against the employee after the date of signing of this Agreement, and such written record shall include the reason for the disciplinary action. 18.6 The Council agrees not to introduce as evidence in a hearing relating to disciplinary action any document from the file of an employee, the existence of which the employee was not aware at the time of filing or within a reasonable period thereafter. 18.7 The Council agrees not to introduce as evidence in an adjudication hearing any document from the file of an employee where the employee was not aware of its existence: 18.7.1 at the time of requesting the services of an adjudicator or 18.7.2 within a period of five (5) consecutive working days after the Council has been informed that the employee has requested the services of an adjudicator, whichever occurs later. 18.8 Notice of disciplinary action which may have been placed on the Council staff file of an employee following the date of signing of this Agreement shall be removed from the Council staff file of the employee after two (2) years have elapsed since the disciplinary action was taken provided that no further disciplinary action has been recorded during the two (2) year period. This two (2) year period will automatically be extended by the length of any period of leave without pay in excess of three (3) months.

  • Standards of Conduct Whenever the Member is required or permitted to make a decision, take or approve an action, or omit to do any of the foregoing, then the Member shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors, including its own, as it desires, and shall have no duty or obligation to consider any other interests or factors whatsoever. To the extent that the Member has, at law or in equity, duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties) to the Company or other person bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Member acting in accordance with the Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or any such other person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties of the Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law.

  • Standards of Service In connection with the performance of any Services pursuant to this Agreement: 7.1 Number of Employees Contractor warrants it will provide sufficient employees to complete the Services ordered within the applicable time frames established pursuant to this Agreement. Furthermore, Contractor shall, at its expense, supply all tools, equipment, and other materials necessary to perform the Services contemplated in this Agreement. 7.2 Skill of Employees Contractor warrants that employees shall have sufficient skill, knowledge, and training to perform the Services and that the Services shall be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner.

  • Human and Financial Resources to Implement Safeguards Requirements The Borrower shall make available necessary budgetary and human resources to fully implement the EMP and the RP.

  • Standards of Care Seller shall comply with all applicable requirements of Law, the Transmission Provider, Utility Distribution Company, Governmental Approvals, the CAISO, CARB, FERC, NERC and WECC in its scheduling, interconnection, operation and maintenance of the Project and as contemplated by this Agreement. Seller shall (a) acquire and maintain all Governmental Approvals necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Project consistent with Safety Requirements; (b) Notify Buyer of any material modifications or lapse in renewal of Governmental Approvals; and (c) at Buyer’s request, provide to Buyer digital copies of any Governmental Approvals. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller shall be responsible for procuring and maintaining, at its expense, all emissions credits required for operation of the Project throughout the Delivery Term in compliance with Law and to permit operation of the Project in accordance with this Agreement. Promptly following Xxxxx’s written request, Xxxxxx agrees to take all commercially reasonable actions and execute or provide any documents, information, or instruments with respect to Product reasonably necessary to enable Buyer to comply with the requirements of any Governmental Authority. Nothing hereunder shall cause Buyer to assume any liability or obligation with respect to Seller’s compliance obligations with respect to the Project under any new or existing Laws, rules, or regulations.

  • STANDARDS OF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS In performing its obligations hereunder, during the term of this ESA, the Competitive Supplier shall exercise reasonable care to assure that its facilities are prudently and efficiently managed; that it employs an adequate number of competently trained and experienced personnel to carry out its responsibilities; that it delivers or arranges to deliver a safe and reliable supply of such amounts of electricity to the Point of Delivery as are required under this ESA; that it complies with all relevant industry standards and practices for the supply of electricity to Participating Consumers; and that, at all times with respect to Participating Consumers, it exercises good practice for a Competitive Supplier and employs Commercially Reasonable skills, systems and methods available to it.

  • Standards for Determining Commercial Reasonableness Borrower and Silicon agree that a sale or other disposition (collectively, "sale") of any Collateral which complies with the following standards will conclusively be deemed to be commercially reasonable: (i) Notice of the sale is given to Borrower at least seven days prior to the sale, and, in the case of a public sale, notice of the sale is published at least seven days before the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be conducted; (ii) Notice of the sale describes the collateral in general, non-specific terms; (iii) The sale is conducted at a place designated by Silicon, with or without the Collateral being present; (iv) The sale commences at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m; (v) Payment of the purchase price in cash or by cashier's check or wire transfer is required; (vi) With respect to any sale of any of the Collateral, Silicon may (but is not obligated to) direct any prospective purchaser to ascertain directly from Borrower any and all information concerning the same. Silicon shall be free to employ other methods of noticing and selling the Collateral, in its discretion, if they are commercially reasonable.

  • Protocol The attached Protocol shall be an integral part of this Agreement.

  • Standards of Performance Provider must perform all Services required of it under this Agreement with that degree of skill, care, and diligence normally shown by a Provider performing services of a scope, purpose, and magnitude comparable with the nature of the Services to be provided under this Agreement. Provider acknowledges that, if in the course of providing Services hereunder, it is entrusted with or has access to valuable and confidential information and records of the Board, Provider agrees to be held to the standard of care of a fiduciary with respect to that information. Any review, approval, acceptance of Services or deliverables, or payment by the Board for any Services does not relieve Provider of its responsibility for the professional skill and care and technical accuracy of its Services and deliverables. This provision in no way limits the Board’s rights against Provider under this Agreement, at law or in equity. When and where applicable, all members of Provider’s staff must hold and maintain throughout the Term and any Renewal Term, valid certificates and/or licenses from the State of Illinois or such other relevant jurisdiction that authorize those individuals to perform the Services. Provider agrees to promptly furnish a copy of the license(s) of any and all direct service providers to the Board on request. Throughout the Term and any Renewal Term, Provider must maintain and use sufficient staff to assure the effective and efficient operation of its programs. Provider must cause its staff to devote such time, attention, skill, knowledge, and professional ability as necessary to effectively and efficiently fulfill Provider’s obligations under this Agreement.

  • Quality Standards Each Party agrees that the nature and quality of its products and services supplied in connection with the other Party's Marks will conform to quality standards set by the other Party. Each Party agrees to supply the other Party, upon request, with a reasonable number of samples of any Materials publicly disseminated by such Party which utilize the other Party's Marks. Each Party will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and customs and obtain any required government approvals pertaining to use of the other Party's marks.

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