Common use of Standby Service Clause in Contracts

Standby Service. Any employee who is obliged to place himself at the disposal of the business outside the normal daily working hours shall be entitled to compensation as stipulated in the internal regulation of the business concerned and/or in his individual employment contract. I. Work at a visual display screen a) entitled to undergo an eye test once a year at no cost to the employee; b) allowed 15 minutes rest for each continuous period of four hours' work at the screen. These rest periods cannot be aggregated or carried forward. They are to be arranged as follows by the employer: 1) The 15 minutes rest must be taken during the 3rd hour of service in each data inputting period of 4 hours. The head of department responsible shall decide whether a general break is to be taken or a break arranged by sections of the department. In the event of a breakdown of the computer system for 15 minutes or more between the end of the second hour and/or during the third hour of data inputting, the rest period shall not be allowed. Similarly, it shall not be due if the employee is authorized to leave the place of work during the same period. 2) In case of urgent work and at the request of a senior employee, the break may be interrupted or carried forward in part until a later time on the same day. 3) During the break, employees may not leave the bank: the employee shall not disturb the work of other colleagues in the same department or in other departments (decision of 7 January 1986 by the Joint Committee).