Prevailing Practice definition

Prevailing Practice is the practice of that craft which submits valid evidence indicating that its members have performed more of the work in the area where the dispute exists than have members of other crafts. The area, for the purpose of determining the Prevailing Practice, shall be defined ordinarily to mean the geographical jurisdiction of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Prevailing Practice means using predominant, generally accepted, widespread practice as the basis for clinical decisions.
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Examples of Prevailing Practice in a sentence

  • Decisions of Record and Agreements of Record established by or recorded by the Impartial Jurisdictional Disputes Board, established international trade practice, Prevailing Practice as defined, together with a reasonable acceptance of considerations for efficiency and capacity to furnish construction services to the public at reasonable cost, shall be accepted by the Umpire as factors in assigning work, (see also Article VII, 2(h) of the Procedural Rules and Article VII of the Memorandum of Understanding).

Related to Prevailing Practice

  • prevailing party means the party determined by the arbitrator(s) or court, as the case may be, to have most nearly prevailed, even if such party did not prevail in all matters, not necessarily the one in whose favor a judgment is rendered.

  • Prevailing Rate means the rate of interest we apply after the Chosen Product ends or you breach the Terms and Conditions for the Chosen Product. For example, the prevailing rate can be the Variable Rate Call rate;

  • Prevailing Market means the arms-length, fair-market, annual rental rate per rentable square foot under extension and renewal leases and amendments entered into on or about the date on which the Prevailing Market is being determined hereunder for space comparable to the Premises in the Building and office buildings comparable to the Building in the Palo Alto, California area. The determination of Prevailing Market shall take into account any material economic differences between the terms of the Lease, as amended, and any comparison lease or amendment, such as rent abatements, construction costs and other concessions, and the manner, if any, in which the landlord under any such lease is reimbursed for operating expenses and taxes. The determination of Prevailing Market shall also take into consideration any reasonably anticipated changes in the Prevailing Market rate from the time such Prevailing Market rate is being determined and the time such Prevailing Market rate will become effective under the Lease, as amended.

  • Prudent Operating Practice means (a) the applicable practices, methods and acts required by or consistent with applicable laws and reliability criteria, and otherwise engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric power industry during the relevant time period in the Western United States, or (b) any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Prudent Operating Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to acceptable practices, methods or acts generally accepted in the electric power industry in the Western United States.

  • Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful under this chapter.