Common use of Standby Provisions Clause in Contracts

Standby Provisions. (a) Where full-time employees are required to stand by to be called for duty under conditions which restrict their normal off-duty activities, they shall be compensated at straight-time in the proportion of one hour's pay for each three hours standing by (i.e. eight hours standby would entitle the employee to two and two-thirds hours' pay). An employee designated for standby shall be immediately available for duty during the period of standby at a known telephone number. No standby payment shall be made if an employee is unable to be contacted, or to report for duty when required, or is unfit to perform his duties when required. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to part-time employees who are not assigned a regular work schedule and who are normally required to work whenever called. (b) Employees required to stand by under paragraph (a) will not be required to stand by on two consecutive weekends or two designated paid holidays, except by mutual agreement. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply in emergency situations. (c) When the Employer requires a full-time employee to work standby, it shall first seek volunteers, in classification seniority order, from the applicable classification, provided the employee(s) in question has the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability. If no employee with the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability volunteers to perform the work, the Employer reserves the right to assign such work, in reverse order of classification seniority, to employees within the applicable classification with the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability. The Employer shall give effected employees as much notice of its standby requirements as operationally possible.

Standby Provisions. ‌ (a) Where full-time employees are required to stand by to be called for duty under conditions which restrict their normal off-duty activities, they shall be compensated at straight-time in the proportion of one (1) hour's pay for each three (3) hours standing by (i.e. eight [8] hours standby would entitle the employee to two and two-thirds [2⅔] hours' pay). An employee designated for standby shall be immediately available for duty during the period of standby at a known telephone number. No standby payment shall be made if an employee is unable to be contacted, or to report for duty when required, or is unfit to perform his duties when required. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to part-time employees who are not assigned a regular work schedule and who are normally required to work whenever called. (b) Employees required to stand by under paragraph (a) will not be required to stand by on two (2) consecutive weekends or two (2) designated paid holidays, except by mutual agreement. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply in emergency situations. (c) When the Employer requires a full-time employee to work standby, it shall first seek volunteers, in classification seniority order, from the applicable classification, provided the employee(s) in question has the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability. If no employee with the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability volunteers to perform the work, the Employer reserves the right to assign such work, in reverse order of classification seniority, to employees within the applicable classification with the required qualifications, experience, skill and ability. The Employer shall give effected employees as much notice of its standby requirements as operationally possible.