Whistle Blowing Protection The Employer agrees to adhere to the whistle blowing protection pursuant to the
Job Protection 15.9.1 Subject to 15.10 below, an employee returning from parental leave is entitled to resume work in the same position or a similar position to the one they occupied at the time of commencing parental leave. A similar position means a position:
(a) At the equivalent salary, grading;
(b) At the equivalent weekly hours of duty;
(c) In the same location or other location within reasonable commuting distance; and
(d) Involving responsibilities broadly comparable to those experienced in the previous position.
15.9.2 Where applicable, employees shall continue to be awarded increments when their incremental date falls during absence on parental leave.
Virus Protection The Bank is not responsible for any electronic virus or viruses that you may encounter. We suggest that you routinely scan your PC using a virus protection product. An undetected virus may corrupt and destroy your programs, files, and your hardware.
Whistleblower Protection Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted so as to impede the Employee (or any other individual) from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General, or making other disclosures under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. The Employee does not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and the Employee shall not be not required to notify the Company that such reports or disclosures have been made.
System Protection To prevent compromise of systems which contain DSHS Data or through which that Data passes:
a. Systems containing DSHS Data must have all security patches or hotfixes applied within 3 months of being made available.
b. The Contractor will have a method of ensuring that the requisite patches and hotfixes have been applied within the required timeframes.
c. Systems containing DSHS Data shall have an Anti-Malware application, if available, installed.
d. Anti-Malware software shall be kept up to date. The product, its anti-virus engine, and any malware database the system uses, will be no more than one update behind current.
Whistleblower Protections The Party shall not discriminate or retaliate against one of its employees or agents for disclosing information concerning a violation of law, fraud, waste, abuse of authority or acts threatening health or safety, including but not limited to allegations concerning the False Claims Act. Further, the Party shall not require such employees or agents to forego monetary awards as a result of such disclosures, nor should they be required to report misconduct to the Party or its agents prior to reporting to any governmental entity and/or the public.
Safety and Protection Where applicable, the PERFORMING PARTY shall be responsible for requiring employees, contractors, and subcontractors to maintain and supervise all necessary safety precautions and programs in connection with the Grant Activities. The PERFORMING PARTY shall take all necessary precautions to protect the health and safety of the public during performance of the Grant Activities.
PATENT PROTECTION 10.1 LICENSEE shall be responsible for all present and future costs of filing, prosecution and maintenance of all United States patent applications contained in the LICENSED PATENTS that are incurred by YALE after the EFFECTIVE DATE. Any and all such United States patent applications, and resulting issued patents, shall remain the property of YALE. Notwithstanding the foregoing, YALE agrees to negotiate in good faith with LICENSEE to reduce LICENSEE’s payment on LICENSED PATENTS in the event that the LICENSED PATENTS outside of FIELD is licensed by YALE to a third party.
10.2 LICENSEE shall be responsible for all ongoing costs of filing, prosecution and maintenance of all foreign patent applications and patents contained in the LICENSED PATENTS in the countries outside the United States in the LICENSED TERRITORY selected by YALE in good faith together with LICENSEE, in each case that are incurred by YALE after the EFFECTIVE DATE. All such applications or patents shall remain the property of YALE. Notwithstanding the foregoing, YALE agrees to negotiate in good faith with LICENSEE to reduce LICENSEE’s payment on LICENSED PATENTS in the event that the LICENSED PATENTS outside of FIELD is licensed by YALE to a third party.
10.3 If, upon receipt of written notice of the request of YALE, LICENSEE does not agree to pay the expenses of filing, prosecuting or maintaining a patent application or patent within the LICENSED PATENTS in any country outside the United States, or fails to pay the expenses of filing, prosecuting or maintaining such a patent application or patent in the United States, in each case as required under Articles 10.2 and 10.3, then LICENSEE’s rights under this Agreement shall terminate automatically with respect to such patent application or patent in that country.
10.4 The costs mentioned in Articles 10.2 and 10.3 shall include, but are not limited to, any past, present and future taxes, annuities, working fees, maintenance fees, renewal and extension charges. Payment of such costs shall be made, at YALE’s option, either directly to patent counsel or by reimbursement to YALE. In either case, LICENSEE shall make payment directly to the appropriate party within [***] of receiving its invoice. If LICENSEE fails to make payment to YALE or patent counsel, as appropriate, within the [***] period, LICENSEE shall be responsible for any surcharge on the invoiced amount as may be charged by patent counsel. Failure of LICENSEE to comply with Articles 10.1 and 10.2 shall be grounds for termination by YALE under Article 13.1(b).
10.5 All patent applications under the LICENSED PATENTS shall be prepared, prosecuted, filed and maintained by independent patent counsel chosen by YALE and reasonably acceptable to LICENSEE. Said independent patent counsel shall be ultimately responsible to YALE. YALE shall instruct patent counsel to keep both YALE and LICENSEE fully informed of the progress of all patent applications and patents, and to give both YALE and LICENSEE reasonable opportunity to comment on the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the LICENSED PATENTS, including the type and scope of useful claims and the nature of supporting disclosures, and including the opportunity to review and comment on all draft responses to applicable patent offices prior to submission thereof. YALE will ensure that LICENSEE’s comments are taken into account in good faith. YALE will not abandon any patent application or patent for which LICENSEE is bearing expenses without LICENSEE’s consent. YALE shall have no liability to LICENSEE for damages, whether direct, indirect or incidental, consequential or otherwise, allegedly arising from its good faith decisions, actions and omissions in connection with such prosecution.
10.6 LICENSEE shall xxxx, and shall require AFFILIATES and SUBLICENSEES to xxxx, all LICENSED PRODUCTS, that are tangible products, with the numbers of all patents included in LICENSED PATENTS that cover the LICENSED PRODUCTS. Without limiting the foregoing, all LICENSED PRODUCTS shall be marked in such a manner as to conform with the patent marking notices required by the law of any country where such LICENSED PRODUCTS are made, sold, used or shipped, including, but not limited to, the applicable patent laws of that country.
Accident Prevention Health and Safety Committee (a) The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the workplace in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness.
(b) Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Employer agrees to accept as a member of its Accident Prevention – Health & Safety Committee at least three (3) representatives, one from each base, selected or appointed by the Union from amongst bargaining unit employees. At any time where a vote is required, an equal number of representatives from each side shall be entitled to vote.
(c) Such Committee shall identify potential dangers and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programs and recommend actions to be taken to improve conditions related to safety and health.
(d) The Employee agrees to co-operate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the Committee to fulfill its functions.
(e) Meetings shall be held quarterly or more frequently at the call of the Chair if required. The Committee shall maintain minutes of all meetings and make the same available for review.
(f) Any representative appointed or select in accordance with (b) hereof shall serve a term of one (1) calendar year from the date of appointment which may be renewed for further periods of one (1) year. The Union will encourage its representative(s) to serve at least one (1) year. Time off for such representative(s) to attend meetings of the Accident Prevention – Health & Safety Committee in accordance with the foregoing shall be granted and time so spent attending such meetings shall be deemed to be work time for which the representative(s) shall be paid by the Employer at his regular or premium rate as may be applicable.
(g) The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices.
(h) Pregnant employees may request to be transferred from their current duties if, in the professional opinion of the employee’s physician, the pregnancy may be at risk. If such a transfer is not feasible, the pregnant employee, if she so requests, will be granted an unpaid leave of absence before commencement of the maternity leave referred to in Article 16.04
Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act The contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.
