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Standby definition

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Standby means any period of time during which, on the instruction of the deputy head, an employee is required to be available for recall to work;
Standby duty is paid at one-fifth (1/5) the regular hourly rate for each hour of such duty (rounded to the nearest whole cent). An employee, entitled to be paid cash for “standby” duty may request compensatory time off at the appropriate standby duty rate in lieu of cash. A supervisor may grant or deny this request. Employees may not request both cash and compensatory time off for standby duty performed on the same workday. Any employee in standby status shall be compensated for business phone calls made after having been reached (but without reporting to his/her duty station or other work location) under the Overtime Article shall be compensated at the straight time rate or compensatory time off as appropriate, but shall not be considered to have been called in by reason of such telephone work. Time spent on such telephone work during a workday of standby duty may be aggregated for the purpose of satisfying the fifteen (15) minute grace period specified in the Overtime Article. Any employees in standby status shall receive a compensatory day off for standby duty on a holiday, prorated for the day or part of a day of standby duty as appropriate, in addition to compensation otherwise due.

Examples of Standby in a sentence

  • Employees on Standby must be available to respond without undue delay to any request to return to duty.

  • On a regular working day, three dollars and fifteen cents ($3.15) per hour shall be paid for each hour required to be on Standby with a minimum of eight (8) hours.

  • Standby pay shall, however, cease where the employee is called in to work.

  • Provided it is agreed to by the Employer in advance, employees on Standby may make mutual arrangement with other qualified employees to replace them, and must advise the Employer of such change.

  • Use of Database Replication in the Essential Enterprise Edition shall be limited to: (i) each Production Cluster not replicating to more than one Standby Cluster and (ii) each Standby Cluster not receiving updates from more than one Production Cluster.


More Definitions of Standby

Standby means a pre-notified and defined period of time during which a crew member is required by the operator to be available to receive an assignment for a flight, positioning or other duty without an intervening rest period;
Standby means the periodic or intermittent supply or sale of electricity:
Standby shall refer to any period of time duly authorized by the Employer during which a nurse is required to be available to return to work without undue delay. Callback shall be limited to the program(s) for which the nurse is on standby. Standby shall be assigned and scheduled in accordance with the provisions of Article 1501 whenever reasonably possible.
Standby means any period during which an Employee is not on regular duty, but must be available to respond without undue delay to a request to return to duty.
Standby means where a member is directed to be prepared to resume duty immediately when advised and within the time limits or obligations imposed by the Controlling Authority. The member may be directed to remain at home or some other agreed location.
Standby. Any Unit Employee who is required by the Employer to be available for immediate return to duty, under conditions which do not allow the employee reasonable use of the time waiting to be called back to duty for his or her own purposes, shall be deemed to be in standby status. Time in standby status shall be considered time worked for regular compensation and overtime compensation purposes.
Standby. Employee(s) who work between the hours of 2400 (midnight) and 0700 hours or on Statutory Holidays or on their scheduled days off shall be paid at the rate of double (2x) the regular rate of pay for all hours so worked with a minimum of two (2) hours at the rate of double (2x) the regular rate.