Workload and scheduling Sample Clauses

Workload and scheduling. As well as these items the role of the Sonographer is of equal importance & their responsibility for managing their own well being. On starting work for Te Whatu Ora in the Ultrasound department, all sonographers should have a base line assessment of their physical wellbeing. This assessment should include an assessment of existing or potential MSI. Questions relating to this will be included in the occupation and health questionnaire. Within two weeks of starting work as a sonographer, an education sessions should be held with a nominated Te Whatu Ora physiotherapist which educates the sonographer on the such topics as setting up the workplace correctly to their individual requirements and minimizing the risk of MSI. Sonographers need to think posture all the time. They need to avoid bending, twisting, reaching, lifting, sustained pressure, arm abduction and awkward postures. This is difficult but alternating sitting and standing may assist with this as well as varying scanning techniques and transducer grip. Sonographers must: • Take time to adjust all equipment to suit optimal posture and ensure accessories are on hand before beginning to scan. • Get the patient to move as close to them as possible. • Lower the couch to reduce arm abduction. This also allows gravity to assist when applying pressure with the transducer and allows for a more comfortable transducer grip. If the arm is abducted, support it either by a cushion or rest on the patient. • Rest then stretch their hand and wrist during procedures to relax stressed muscles. • Refocus eyes onto distant objects every few minutes to reduce eye fatigue. • Avoid where possible performing successive similar ergonomically difficult examinations. • Take short regular breaks from scanning. • Stretch before commencing work, during, and in between examinations and at the end of the day. • Ensure that meal breaks are taken, to completely relax. • Report and document any pain and discomfort to employers via an Incident report Sonographers should: • Seek competent medical advice if they suffer any pain or discomfort. Musculoskeletal injuries caused by the repetitive task of scanning are often not apparent until the end of the day, or at night. These injuries often take a long time to manifest and a long time to resolve, if ever. The severity of an acute injury may be exacerbated by an existing chronic musculoskeletal injury. • Undertake a stretching, strengthening and aerobic exercise program. • Exercise approp...
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Workload and scheduling. 1a. Definition Wentworth’s day academic program classes shall operate between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Faculty will work a nine (9)-hour window during the times classes operate. Faculty teaching assignments shall be developed by the Xxxx and/or Associate Xxxx after consultation with faculty members. The Xxxx and Registrar will avoid scheduling extensive non-teaching hours between scheduled classes. Scheduling preferences including courses, lab, and class times shall be submitted to the Xxxx and will be considered in determining faculty schedules. If a course or class time request cannot be accommodated, the Xxxx shall explain in writing within 5 business days of the request the reason for the request not being accommodated. A faculty member who has not elected to take on an overload shall not be scheduled to teach 5 days per week for three consecutive semesters excluding summer, unless they so desire. A tentative class schedule will be made available to faculty at least two weeks prior to its publication in order to allow time for consideration of changes requested by the faculty. Faculty will receive tentative Fall assignments before Spring graduation and Spring assignments before the first day of Fall semester final exams. 1b. Faculty Responsibilities A faculty member is expected to be productive both at the individual and institutional levels. A faculty member’s primary responsibilities are to (1) teach and counsel students in academic affairs, (2) engage in scholarly and/or creative activities, and (3) engage in service activities. Faculty are also expected to engage in professional development activities that are both appropriate to and supportive of these three broad responsibilities. Faculty shall maintain high standards of integrity and conduct in their profession with faculty, administration, staff, students and when representing Wentworth, following the standards established by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, (New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)): Standards for Accreditation: Integrity.

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  • Dispatch and Scheduling 6.1.1 The SPD shall be entirely responsible to schedule its power as per the applicable regulations / requirements / guidelines of CERC / SERC /SLDC / RLDC or any other competent agency and same being recognized by the RLDC/SLDC or any other competent authority / agency as per applicable regulation/ law / direction and maintain compliance to the applicable Codes/ Grid Code requirements and directions, if any, as specified by concerned SLDC/RLDC from time to time. Any deviation from the schedule will attract the provisions of applicable regulation / guidelines / directions and any financial implication on account of this shall be on the account of the SPD. 6.1.2 The SPD shall be responsible for directly coordinating and dealing with the Buying Entity, State Load Dispatch Centres, Regional Power Committees, and other authorities in all respects in regard to declaration of availability, scheduling and dispatch of power and due compliance with deviation and settlement mechanism and the applicable Grid code Regulations, acknowledging that the SPD and Buying Entity are the Grid connected entities and SECI as an Intermediary Procurer/ trading licensee is not a Grid connected entity in respect of the power contracted under this Agreement. 6.1.3 The SPD shall be responsible for any deviation from scheduling and for any resultant liabilities on account of charges for deviation as per applicable regulations. UI charges on this account shall be directly paid by the SPD. 6.1.4 Auxiliary power consumption will be treated as per the concerned Central/State regulations. 6.1.5 Further, in case of any difference in scheduled energy at the interfaces of all the RLDCs concerned for the corridor of the power flow, including the RLDC of the Buying Entity, SECI will make payments corresponding to the lowest of the individual energy values to the SPD, until rectification of the above error.

  • HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULING 15.01 The normal hours of work for an employee are not a guarantee of work per day or per week, or a guarantee of days of work per week. The normal hours of work shall be seven and one-half (7-1/2) hours per day, and seventy-five (75) hours in any bi-weekly period. 15.02 The normal daily shift shall consist of seven and one-half (7 ½) consecutive hours, exclusive of a one-half (1/2) hour unpaid meal period. For employees working the night shift, this one-half (1/2) hour will be paid. Employees shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid break during each half of the normal daily shift, at a time designated by the Employer. An employee may combine her rest periods in order to have one (1) thirty (30) minute break, providing she has prior approval from the Director of Nursing. When a meal period is interrupted requiring an employee to attend to a work related problem, then the balance of the unused meal period will be taken within two (2) hours of the interruption. If the employee is unable to reschedule such time, she shall be paid time and one-half (1½) her regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her normal daily hours, in accordance with Article 16.01. 15.03 Employees required for reporting purposes shall remain at work for a period of up to fifteen (15) minutes which shall be unpaid. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen (15) minutes however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment. 15.04 Requests for change in posted work schedules must be submitted in writing and co-signed by the employee willing to exchange days off or shifts and are subject to the discretion of the Administrator or her designate. In any event, it is understood that such a change initiated by the employee and approved by the Employer shall not result in overtime compensation or payment or any other claims on the Employer by any employee under the terms of this Agreement. 15.05 Where there is a change to Daylight Savings from Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee who is scheduled and works a full shift shall be paid for the actual hours worked at her regular straight time hourly rate. 15.06 There shall be no split shifts. (a) There shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours off between changes of shift unless mutually agreed otherwise. (b) An employee shall not be required to work more than seven (7) consecutive days without days off, unless mutually agreed to by the employee and the Employer. (a) Any employee who is working a permanent shift as of December 31, 1996 shall not be transferred to another shift without their consent. (b) Where possible, the employee will not be scheduled to work more than two

  • Definitions and Schedules 1.1 Words and phrases contained in this Agreement (whether capitalized or not) that are not defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Electricity Act, 1998, the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, any regulations made under either of those Acts, or the Code. 1.2 The following schedules form part of this Agreement: Schedule A – Application and Connection Cost Agreement (recitals) Schedule B – Single Line Diagram, Connection Point and Location of Facilities (section 2.3) Schedule C – List of Other Contracts (section 3.4) Schedule D – Technical and Operating Requirements (section 4.1(d)) Schedule E – Billing and Settlement Procedures (section 5.3) Schedule F – Contacts for Notice (section 12.1) Schedule G – Dispute Resolution (section 16.1) 1) Where a schedule is to be completed by the Parties, the Parties may not include in that schedule a provision that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the Code or the remainder of this Agreement.

  • Exhibits and Schedules The Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

  • WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. § 1271, et seq.) as amended, particularly sections 7(b) and (c) (16 U.S.C. § 1278(b) and (c)). AIR QUALITY The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401, et seq.) as amended, particularly sections 176(c) and (d) (42 U.S.C. §7506(c) and (d)). Determining Conformity of Federal Actions to State or Federal Implementation Plans (Environmental Protection Agency-40 C.F.R. Parts 6, 51, and 93).

  • Clauses and Schedules Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause or a sub-clause or a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause or a sub-clause hereof or a schedule hereto.

  • Self Scheduling The Home and the Union may agree to implement a self-scheduling process. Self-scheduling is the mechanism by which employees in a Home create their own work schedules. The purpose of self scheduling is to improve job satisfaction and quality of work life for the participating employees. Self scheduling requires a collaboration of employees and management to ensure proper coverage of the Home and to meet the provisions of the Collective Agreement. It is agreed that self scheduling will be negotiated locally by the Home and the Union and will include a trial period. Each Home must have the majority agreement of the full-time and part-time employees who vote on the issue to agree on a trial period of up to six months. Once the trial period is complete, each Home must have a minimum of 66⅔% agreement of the full-time and part-time employees who vote on the issue to continue with the new schedule on a permanent basis.

  • Overtime Scheduling 1. Each employee interested in working overtime may volunteer by requesting, in writing, to be added to the voluntary overtime list within his/her building and/or the district-wide voluntary overtime list. They will also indicate whether they wish to work during their vacation period. Such written request to be added to or deleted from the overtime lists may be made at any time; however, if the employee is requesting to be deleted from the list(s), he/she shall not be allowed to rejoin the list(s) for a ninety (90) calendar day period. Such lists shall be maintained on a yearly basis, from September 1st to August 31st of each year. The employer will serve notice to the employees, by a memo into each work area, that overtime lists are being formulated, by August 15th of each year. 2. The list will be compiled for September with the volunteers listed in seniority order. Overtime shall be rotated among volunteers. The rotation shall be continuous through the year until a new list is compiled the following September. If an employee volunteers who was not on the list he/she shall be placed on the list according to his/her seniority and he/she shall be eligible to work overtime in accordance with the normal rotation. 3. To the extent possible, employees will be notified at least four (4) hours prior to the end of the shift of any overtime for that day and by noon on Friday for any Saturday overtime. Any employee who has volunteered to work overtime and is notified in accordance with this paragraph shall be obligated to work the overtime hours in their building unless excused by the supervisor. 4. Overtime assignments will be on a rotating schedule among the qualified employees within each classification who have expressly volunteered for such overtime work. The employer’s obligation to rotate overtime shall be satisfied by calling employees who are working at the time the overtime determination is made (i.e., not on vacation or other leave of absence) in seniority order and offering them the opportunity to work. 5. If there are insufficient volunteers available for any specific assignment, the employer may require the least senior employee in the division to perform the work. 6. Substantiated errors made in the rotation of overtime (Article XIII Section G.4) will be corrected on the basis of offering the by-passed employee an amount of overtime equal to the time lost due to the error of assignment. Depending on the number of hours involved, it is possible that this may take more than (1) one overtime offer/assignment. Acceptance of the compensatory overtime will not change the employees spot in the overtime rotation, thus the employee will remain eligible for overtime in the same rotation as before the error. The compensatory overtime will not be offered at such a time or in such a manner that would purposefully cause inconvenience or inability to the effected employee to comply. In the event the employee declines the offered overtime work, the employee shall forfeit any future claim to the overtime hours in dispute.

  • Objectives and Scope 1. The Parties confirm their joint objective of strengthening and deepening their relations in all fields covered by this Agreement by developing their political dialogue and reinforcing their co-operation. 2. The Parties confirm their joint objective of working towards creating conditions under which, building on the outcome of the Doha Work Programme, a feasible and mutually beneficial Association Agreement, including a Free Trade Agreement, could be negotiated between them. 3. Implementation of this Agreement should help to create these conditions by striving for political and social stability, deepening the regional integration process and reducing poverty within a sustainable development framework in the Andean Community. 4. This Agreement governs the political dialogue and co-operation between the Parties and contains the necessary institutional arrangements for its application. 5. The Parties undertake to periodically assess progress, taking account of progress achieved before the entry into force of the Agreement.

  • Headings and Schedules Headings used herein are not a part of this Agreement and shall not affect the terms hereof. The attached Schedules are a part of this Agreement.

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