Common use of Context and Intent Clause in Contracts

Context and Intent. (a) The employers’ purpose of the Flexible Hours Arrangement (FHA) is to provide for more flexible working hours for lecturers to enable Colleges to be more responsive to the needs of employers and students. (b) It is not intended by any of the employers to use FHA agreements to increase lecturers’ working hours, or workloads, or the number of ‘traditional’ lecturing hours that a lecturer may work each year. (c) However, lecturers electing to work FHA will be expected to work differently and have different workloads to lecturers that remain on existing arrangements. Lecturers on FHA will work the flexible hours arrangements as outlined in the provisions of this clause as required by their employer. (d) Lecturers may undertake a mix of ‘traditional lecturing’ and ‘non-traditional VET delivery’. (e) It is acknowledged that all lecturers delivering similar VET may not work the same mix of duties. (f) No other clause of this Agreement relating to matters where the employer and employee are required to reach agreement applies to entering FHA. (g) The succeeding provisions of this clause must be read and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with sub-clauses 37.1 (a) to 37.1 (f).

Context and Intent. (a) The employers’ purpose of the Flexible Hours Arrangement (FHA) is to provide for more flexible working hours for lecturers to enable Colleges to be more responsive to the needs of employers and students. (b) It is not intended by any of the employers to use FHA agreements to increase lecturers’ working hours, or workloads, or the number of ‘traditional’ lecturing hours that a lecturer may work each year. (c) However, lecturers electing to work FHA will be expected to work differently and have different workloads to lecturers that remain on existing arrangements. Lecturers on FHA will work the flexible hours arrangements as outlined in the provisions of this clause as required by their employer. (d) Lecturers may undertake a mix of ‘traditional lecturing’ and ‘non-traditional VET delivery’. (e) It is acknowledged that all lecturers delivering similar VET may not work the same mix of duties. (f) No other clause of this Agreement relating to matters where the employer and employee are required to reach agreement applies to entering FHA. (g) The succeeding provisions of this clause must be read and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with sub-clauses 37.1 (a38.1(a) to 37.1 (f38.1(f).