STATUS OF CONTRACTOR 20 CONTRACTOR is, and shall at all times be deemed to be, an independent contractor and shall be 21 wholly responsible for the manner in which it performs the services required of it by the terms of this 22 Agreement. CONTRACTOR is entirely responsible for compensating staff, subcontractors, and 23 consultants employed by CONTRACTOR. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating the 24 relationship of employer and employee, or principal and agent, between COUNTY and CONTRACTOR 25 or any of CONTRACTOR’s employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors. CONTRACTOR 26 assumes exclusively the responsibility for the acts of its employees, agents, consultants, or 27 subcontractors as they relate to the services to be provided during the course and scope of their 28 employment. CONTRACTOR, its agents, employees, consultants, or subcontractors, shall not be 29 entitled to any rights or privileges of COUNTY employees and shall not be considered in any manner to 30 be COUNTY employees. 31
Certification Regarding Termination of Contract for Non-Compliance (Tex Gov. Code 552.374)
Status of Agreement 1.2.1 This Agreement shall supersede any rules, regulation, policies, resolutions, or practices of the District which shall be contrary to or inconsistent with its terms.
Status of Replacement Employee Only the original vacancy resulting from an absence due to pre-paid leave will be posted. Employees in bargaining units at the Hospital represented by OPSEU, selected to fill vacancies resulting from replacing an employee on a pre-paid leave need not be considered for other vacancies while replacing such employee. Upon completion of the leave, the replacing employee will be returned to his former position, and the filling of subsequent vacancies will likewise be reversed. Employees newly hired to fill vacancies resulting from replacing an employee on pre-paid leave will not accrue seniority during the filling of such vacancies. Furthermore, such employees need not be considered for other vacancies. If such employees do post into permanent positions they will be credited with seniority from their last date of hire. The release or discharge of such employees will not be subject of a grievance or arbitration.
Status of IOM Nothing in or relating to the Agreement shall be deemed a waiver, express or implied, of any of the privileges and immunities of the International Organization for Migration as an intergovernmental organization.
