Project Staff Contractor shall appoint to the Project Staff: (i) individuals with suitable training and skills to provide the Work, and (ii) sufficient staffing to adequately provide the Work. Contractor shall make commercially reasonable efforts consistent with sound business practices to honor the specific request of the JBE with regard to assignment of its employees. The JBE may require Contractor to remove any personnel from the Project Staff that interact with any personnel of the Judicial Branch Entities or JBE Contractors (including, without limitation, the Contractor Project Manager) upon providing to Contractor a reason (permitted by law) for such removal. Contractor may, with the JBE’s consent, continue to retain such member of the Project Staff in a role that does not interact with any personnel of the Judicial Branch Entities or
Contractor Staff All employees of the Contractor, or of its subcontractors, who perform Project Based IT Consulting Services under the resulting Authorized User Agreement, shall possess the necessary qualifications, training, licenses, and permits as may be required within the jurisdiction where the services specified are to be provided or performed, and shall be legally entitled to work in such jurisdiction. All persons, corporations, or other legal entities that perform Services under the Contract on behalf of Contractor shall, in performing the Services, comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws concerning employment in the United States. The following requirements shall apply in addition to the requirements of Appendix B, section 42, Employees, Subcontractors and Agents, unless otherwise agreed to by the Authorized User: Staffing Changes
Key Staff The Contractor shall employ the key staff members listed below. The State requires the Contractor to have key staff members dedicated full-time to the Contractor’s Indiana Medicaid product lines. In some instances key staff must be dedicated to Hoosier Healthwise. Contractor must employ sufficient staff to achieve compliance with contractual requirements and performance metrics. The Contractor shall have an office in the State of Indiana from which, at a minimum, key staff members physically perform the majority of their daily duties and responsibilities, and a major portion of the Contractor’s operations take place. The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs related to securing and maintaining the facility for interim start-up support and the subsequent operational facility. Upon award of the Contract, the Contractor shall deliver the final staffing plan within thirty (30) calendar days after notice of award; such plan will include a resume for each proposed key staff person outlined below for acceptance by FSSA. FSSA reserves the right to approve or disapprove all initial and replacement key staff prior to their assignment to Hoosier Healthwise FSSA shall have the right to require that the Contractor remove any individual (whether or not key staff) from assignment to the program. The Contractor shall ensure the location of any staff or operational functions outside of the State of Indiana does not compromise the delivery of integrated services and the seamless experience for members and providers. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring all staff functions conducted outside of the State of Indiana are readily reportable to OMPP at all times to ensure such locations does not hinder the State’s ability to monitor the Contractor’s performance and compliance with Contract requirements. Indiana-based staff shall maintain a full understanding of the operations conducted outside of the State of Indiana, and must be prepared to discuss these operations with OMPP upon request, including during unannounced OMPP site visits. Except in the circumstance of the unforeseeable loss of a key staff member’s services, the Contractor shall provide written notification to OMPP of anticipated vacancies of key staff within five (5) business days of receiving the key staff person’s notice to terminate employment or five (5) business days before the vacancy occurs, whichever occurs first. At that time, the Contractor shall present OMPP with an interim plan to cover the responsibilities created by the key staff vacancy. Likewise, the Contractor shall notify OMPP in writing within five (5) business days after a candidate’s acceptance to fill a key staff position or five (5) business days prior to the candidate’s start date, whichever occurs first. In addition to attendance at vendor meetings, all key staff must be accessible to OMPP and its other program subcontractors via telephone, voicemail and electronic mail systems. As part of its annual and quarterly reporting, the Contractor must submit to OMPP an updated organizational chart including e- mail addresses and phone numbers for key staff. OMPP reserves the right to interview any prospective candidate and/or approve or deny the individuals filling the key staff positions set forth below. OMPP also reserves the right to require a change in key staff as part of a corrective action plan should performance concerns be identified. The key staff positions include, but are not limited to: Chief Executive Officer – The Chief Executive Officer or Executive Director has full and final responsibility for plan management and compliance with all provisions of the Contract.
Support Staff The Chief Superintendent or designee shall be authorized to grant short leave of absence to support staff in accordance with this section as follows:
Staffing Consultant will designate in writing to Authority its representative, and the manner in which it will provide staff support for the project, which must be approved by Authority. Consultant must notify Authority’s Contract Representative of any change in personnel assigned to perform work under this Contract, and the Authority’s Contract Representative has the right to reject the person or persons assigned to fill the position or positions. The Authority’s Contract Representative shall also have the right to require the removal of the Consultant’s previously assigned personnel, including Consultant’s representative, provided sufficient cause for such removal exists. The criteria for requesting removal of an individual will be based on, but not limited to, the following: technical incompetence, inability to meet the position’s qualifications, failure to perform, poor attendance, ethics violation, unsafe work habits, or damage to Authority or other property. Upon notice for removal, Consultant shall replace such personnel with personnel substantially equal in ability and qualifications for the positions and shall submit the proposed replacement personnel qualification and abilities to the Authority, in writing, for approval.
Minimum Staffing The Employer agrees to employ sufficient registered staff and health care aides/ Personal Support Workers to meet the staffing needs that may be set from time to time by statute and/or regulation. In the event that there is insufficient staffing to meet this undertaking, the Employer will post vacancies so that any unmet care undertaking will be satisfied.
Office and Support Staff During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.
MANAGEMENT GRIEVANCES 8.01 It is understood that the Management may at any time file a grievance with the staff representative of the Union and request a meeting with him to discuss any complaint with respect to the conduct of the Union, its officers or committee member, in its relationships with the Company or other employees or with respect to any complaint that there has been a violation of any contractual obligation undertaken by the Union, and that if such grievance by the Management is not settled to the mutual satisfaction of the conferring parties it may be referred to arbitration as set forth in Article VII above.
ONA Staff Leave For an employee with at least two (2) years full-time or equivalent service (e.g. 3,000 hours of part-time RN service), upon application in writing by the Union to the Employer, an unpaid leave of absence may be granted to such employee selected for a secondment or a temporary staff position with the Ontario Nurses' Association. Such leave shall not be unreasonably denied or extended beyond twelve (12) months. Notwithstanding Article 11.10, there shall be no loss of service or seniority for an employee during such leave of absence. It is understood that during such leave the employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the Ontario Nurses' Association. The employee agrees to notify the Employer of her or his intention to return to work at least ten (10) weeks prior to the date of such return. The employee shall be reinstated to her or his former position, unless that position has been discontinued, in which case the employee shall be given a comparable job. During such leaves of absence all salary, statutory benefits, pension, vacation and benefits will be kept whole by the Employer and the Union agrees to reimburse the Employer for such salary and Employer contributions to benefits unless the Union decides to take sole responsibility for these employee obligations.
Project Management Project Management Institute (PMI) certified project manager executing any or all of the following: • Development of Project Charter • Development of project plan and schedule • Coordination and scheduling of project activities across customer and functional areas • Consultation on operational and infrastructure requirements, standards and configurations • Facilitate project status meetings • Timely project status reporting • Address project issues with functional areas and management • Escalation of significant issues to customers and executive management • Manage project scope and deliverable requirements • Document changes to project scope and schedule • Facilitate and document project closeout
