Common use of Emergency Standby Provision Clause in Contracts

Emergency Standby Provision. For the purpose of standby, “emergency” is defined as “force majeure” including but not limited to floods, forest fires, landslides, ice/snow storms, power outages, and lightning storms that put our network access at risk. In situations where the Company is not able to provide the seven (7) calendar day notice of standby due to unforeseen emergency situations, the following will apply: i) Where the Company requires an employee on standby during their off-duty hours from Monday to Friday inclusively, the employee shall be entitled to an emergency standby payment, an amount of one and one-half (1.5) hours straight time pay for each day on standby. ii) Where the Company requires an employee to be available on standby during their off-duty hours from Saturday to Sunday inclusively, an employee shall be entitled to an emergency standby payment, an amount of three (3) hours straight time pay for each day on standby. iii) Where the Company requires an employee to be available for a weekend standby shift (the weekend is defined as Friday after a Technician’s regular shift to the beginning of the Technician’s scheduled Monday shift), an employee shall be entitled to an emergency standby payment, an amount of six (6) hours straight time pay for the weekend on standby. iv) Where the Company requires an employee to be available on standby during a recognized general holiday, an employee shall be entitled to an emergency standby payment, an amount of three (3) hours straight time pay for each day on standby.