Emergency Duty definition

Emergency Duty means: duty by an employee required to return to duty, without prior notice, to meet an emergency at a time that the employee would not ordinarily have been on duty.
Emergency Duty occurs when an employee is called to an institution/university for service during the time he/she is "on call" or at other times outside of his/her scheduled hours of work. "Emergency duty" shall begin when the employee arrives at the institution/university and end when an employee leaves the institution/university. An employee will be paid his/her base hourly rate for "emergency duty". The base hourly rate for part-time employees will be determined by dividing the employee's biweekly salary by the employee's regularly scheduled hours. An employee on "emergency duty" shall be paid for a minimum of three hours but there shall be no duplication of pay for the same time period.
Emergency Duty shall begin when the employee arrives at the institution/university and end when an employee leaves the institution/university. An employee will be paid his/her base hourly rate for "emergency duty". The base hourly rate for part-time employees will be determined by dividing the employee's biweekly salary by the employee's regularly scheduled hours. An employee on "emergency duty" shall be paid for a minimum of three hours but there shall be no duplication of pay for the same time period.

Examples of Emergency Duty in a sentence

  • Outside of office hours, immediate concerns about a child should be referred to the Emergency Duty Team on telephone number 01926 886922.

  • Outside of working hours the Emergency Duty Team can give advice.

  • The Emergency Duty Team will continue to liaise with the school/setting as appropriate until an appropriate placement is identified.

  • Where there is a child protection concern, allegation or disclosure, a phone call will immediately be made to CAAS (or Emergency Duty Team if outside of office hours) to alert them to the situation.

  • If an allegation requires immediate attention, but is received outside of normal office hours, the Principal should consult the Social Care Emergency Duty Team or the Child Abuse Investigation Team (CAIT) via local Police.


More Definitions of Emergency Duty

Emergency Duty means work outside ordinary hours in relation to which the employee was not given notice before the employee ceased work at ordinary time but does not include:
Emergency Duty means duty performed by an Employee required to return to duty, without prior notice, to meet an emergency at a time that the Employee would not ordinarily have been on duty.
Emergency Duty means duty by an officer required to return to duty, without prior notice, to meet an emergency at a time that the officer would not ordinarily have been on duty.
Emergency Duty. The provisions of clause 3.1.24 of this Schedule, will not apply to employees whose duty for the day is varied by alteration of the commencement of the scheduled shift to meet an emergency.
Emergency Duty refers to a circumstance where an employee is called to duty to meet an emergency at a time when that employee would not ordinarily have been on duty, and no notice of the requirement was given to the employee prior to their last ceasing ordinary duty.
Emergency Duty means duty by an Employee required to return to duty, without prior notice to meet an emergency at a time that the Employee would not ordinarily have been on duty. Clause Hours The ordinary hours of work will be between 7:00am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday. Clause Overtime When directed to perform overtime by the Employer, overtime shall only be paid for work of more than 30 minutes for hours worked prior to 7:00am and after 6:00pm or in excess of 7.5 hours work on any day. This clause relates to Employees working regular hours and annualised hours. Clause Overtime Travel Employees are entitled to be paid overtime for travel time in the following circumstances:a) When an Employee is being paid an “on call” or “availability” allowance during out of hours contact and is recalled to duty. b) When an Employee is required to perform Emergency Duty in accordance with clause 22 of the Award. c) When directed to work overtime at an alternative location within 50 kilometres from usual headquarters, but only for excess time spent in travel above that which the Employee would normally travel to and from their home to their usual headquarters.
Emergency Duty means when an employee is directed to return to duty to meet an emergency, outside the bandwidth, without prior notice. Employee means an employee of the Commonwealth engaged under section 22(2) of the PS Act who is covered by this agreement (whether full-time, part-time or casual, ongoing or non- ongoing).