Definitions and Scope. 1.1 Employees shall have the right to present grievances in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Article.
1.2 For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. It is intended that this shall not mean administrative matters under the Retirement System and the Group Health Insurance Program.
Definitions and Scope. 1.1 Employees shall have the right to present grievances in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Article. These procedures notwithstanding, an employee or the employee’s representative shall not be required to file the same written grievance twice with the same official.
1.2 For the purpose of this Agreement, a grievance is a dispute concerning the interpretation, application, or meaning of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. It is intended that this shall not mean administrative matters under the Retirement System and the Group Health Insurance Program. The time limits specified in the following steps are intended to be construed as maximum outside time limits and the parties agree that grievances shall be processed as expeditiously as possible.
Definitions and Scope. Capitalized terms have the meanings provided by Exhibit B or as defined in the body of this AGREEMENT.
Definitions and Scope. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) fishing operation means catching, or catching and processing, of fish or other living resources of the sea;
(b) commercial fishing means all fishing operations with the exception of subsistence fishing and recreational fishing;
(c) competent authority means the minister, government department or other authority designated by a Member State having power to issue and enforce regulations, orders or other instructions having the force of law in respect of the subject matter of the provision concerned;
(d) consultation means consultation by the competent authority with the representative organizations of employers and workers concerned, and in particular the representative organizations of fishing vessel owners and fishermen, where they exist;
(e) fishing vessel owner or owner means the owner of the fishing vessel or any other organization or person, such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the vessel from the owner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duties and responsibilities imposed on fishing vessel owners in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any other organization or person fulfils certain of the duties or responsibilities on behalf of the fishing vessel owner;
(f) fisherman means every person employed or engaged or working in any capacity on board any fishing vessel under the conditions laid down in Article 2, but excluding port pilots and shore personnel carrying out work on board a fishing vessel at the quay side;
(g) fisherman's work agreement means a contract of employment, articles of agreement or other similar arrangements, or any other contract governing a fisherman's living and working conditions on board a fishing vessel;
(h) fishing vessel or vessel means any ship or boat, flying the flag of a Member State or registered under the plenary jurisdiction of a Member State, of any nature whatsoever, irrespective of the form of ownership, used or intended to be used for the purpose of commercial fishing;
(i) length (L) shall be taken as 96 per cent of the total length on a waterline at 85 per cent of the least moulded depth measured from the keel line, or as the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater; in vessels designed with rake of keel, the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterlin...
Definitions and Scope. 1. For the purpose of this Title:
(a) ‘telecommunications services’ means all services consisting of the transmission and reception of electro-magnetic signals and do not cover the economic activity consisting of the provision of content which requires telecommunications for its transport.
(b) a ‘regulatory authority’ in the telecommunications sector means the body or bodies charged with the regulation of telecommunications mentioned in this Chapter.
(c) ‘essential telecommunications facilities’ mean facilities of a public telecommunications transport network and service that
(i) are exclusively or predominantly provided by a single or limited number of suppliers; and
(ii) cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide a service.
(d) a ‘major supplier’ in the telecommunications sector is a supplier which has the ability to materially affect the terms of participation (having regard to price and supply) in the relevant market for telecommunications services as a result of control over essential facilities or the use of its position in the market.
(e) ‘interconnection’ means linking with suppliers providing public telecommunications transport networks or services in order to allow the users of one supplier to communicate with users of another supplier and to access services provided by another supplier.
(f) ‘universal service’ means the set of services of specified quality that must be made available to all users in the territory of the EC Party and of the Signatory CARIFORUM States regardless of their geographical location and at an affordable price; its scope and implementation are decided by the EC Party and by the Signatory CARIFORUM States.
2. This Section sets out the principles of the regulatory framework for the following telecommunications services, other than broadcasting, liberalised pursuant to Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of this Title: voice telephone services, packet-switched data transmission services, circuit-switched data transmission services, telex services, telegraph services, facsimile services, private leased circuit services and mobile and personal communications services and systems.
Definitions and Scope. Inasmuch as FTNTT Faculty members are employed annually and on a year-by-year basis primarily to provide instructional services as defined in the University's workload/teaching load policy as referenced in Article IX (Faculty Workload) and/or other services to the University, they have no required committee or other service obligations beyond those directly related to their responsibilities as specified in their letters of appointment or workload statements. Further, the governance structures and procedures of the University, including the central advisory and recommendatory role of the tenure-track faculty therein, are already established and embodied in a set of University policies, operational procedures and authorized governing documents, including the academic unit and regional campus sections of the Faculty Handbook and/or the handbooks currently in effect or as such handbook(s) may subsequently be modified, amended or otherwise revised for that purpose. Nothing in this Agreement or in this Article, therefore, shall either create or diminish rights to participation by FTNTT Faculty members other than as currently constituted or as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement between the University and the full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty, policies, programs, and opportunities as may be amended or modified by established procedures for that express purpose during the life of this Agreement. Consistent with these principles, it is nonetheless the intent of the parties to this Agreement that FTNTT Faculty members shall have a recognized role in the governance of the academic unit or regional campus of which the member of the bargaining unit is a member during the term of his/her appointment. The University and the Association encourage academic units and regional campuses to include FTNTT Faculty members on those governance bodies and committees that consider and make recommendations on instructional issues.
Definitions and Scope. (a) A grievance is a difference arising out of the interpretation, application, operation or any contravention or alleged contravention of this Agreement or as to whether any such difference can be the subject of Arbitration.
(b) Notwithstanding Sub-Clause 24.01(a), any complaint pertaining to a classification or the classification process shall not be considered a grievance for the purposes of this Article and shall not be subject to the grievance process. Any difference or dispute pertaining to a job classification as a result of a classification decision shall be subject to the Classification Appeal Procedure and failing agreement shall be subject to collective bargaining.
(c) A complaint alleging sexual harassment, unjust treatment, discrimination, or alleging unfair working conditions, may be presented as a grievance directly to Level 2. A decision given at Level 2 shall be final and binding on the Parties and all interested persons.
(d) A grievance concerning the dismissal or termination of employment of a Probationary Employee, or a grievance concerning a written reprimand, may be subject to the Grievance Procedure except that it shall not be a subject of Arbitration at Level 3.
(e) A grievance concerning the disciplinary dismissal of a Casual or a Temporary Employee may be submitted at Level 2 but not at any other Levels of the Grievance Procedure. Such a grievance shall be submitted in writing and the decision given by the Designated Officer at Level 2 shall be final and binding on the Parties and all interested persons.
Definitions and Scope. 1.1 Employees within the bargaining unit, who have completed their initial probationary period, shall have the right to present grievances in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Article.
1.2 For the purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of a specific term or provision of this Agreement.
1.3 Any written grievance, which is submitted, must expressly specify identification of the Article, clause, section and alleged violation of the contract, as well as a statement of facts surrounding the issue and the remedial action requested.
1.4 The terms, conditions and administration of the Pension and Insurance programs shall not be subject to the provisions of this Article.
1.5 Grievances involving classification, reclassification, allocation and reallocation shall be processed in accordance with the Classification/Reclassification/Allocation/Reallocation Article.
1.6 The provisions of this Article shall replace all preexisting grievance procedures for employees in this unit and shall be the exclusive procedures for resolving differences which arise under this Agreement and other disputes between employees and the employer.
1.7 The grievance procedure cannot and will not be used to process a grievance which includes in part or totally any job classification or other subject not included or applicable to this Agreement or within the bargaining unit.
1.8 No agreement shall be valid which changes or modifies any provision of this Agreement unless signed by the Office of
Definitions and Scope. In this Arrangement, unless the context otherwise requires:
2.1 Accreditation refers to quality assurance of Graduate Architects by the respective national authorised bodies.
2.2 Architect refers to a natural person who holds the nationality of an ASEAN Member Country and has been assessed by a Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of any participating ASEAN Member Country as being technically, morally, and legally qualified to undertake professional practice of architecture and is registered and licensed for such practice by the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA). ASEAN Member Countries may have different nomenclatures and requirements for this term.
Definitions and Scope. 1. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for commitments additional to Chapter 7 (Trade in Services) and Chapter 8 (Investment) in relation to financial services to ensure that the market access treatment of financial services is based on transparent principles that are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In the event of any inconsistency between the former provisions and the provisions of this Chapter, the latter shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.
2. For the purposes of this Chapter:
