Standby definition

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Standby means any period of time during which, on the instruction of the deputy head, an employee is required to be available for recall to work;

Standby means a pre-notified and defined period of time during which a crew member is required by the operator to be available to receive an assignment for a flight, positioning or other duty without an intervening rest period;

Examples of Standby in a sentence

If it is determined by the EMS Director, in the EMS Director’s sole discretion, that EMS Standby services are required for a particular event date, the Permittee shall pay for and arrange a City EMS crew and ambulance to provide service to the festival or special event.
Permittee shall consult with the City EMS Director to determine if EMS Standby services are warranted for each event date noted above.
Standby pay shall, however, cease where the employee is called in to work.
Standby call pay shall be in addition to pay for actual hours worked.
Airport Standby (APSB) Preference Junior Reserve Flight Attendants may enter an APSB preference in the crew management system.

Standby duty is paid at one-fifth (1/5) the regular hourly rate for each hour of such duty (rounded to the nearest whole cent). An employee, entitled to be paid cash for “standby” duty may request compensatory time off at the appropriate standby duty rate in lieu of cash. A supervisor may grant or deny this request. Employees may not request both cash and compensatory time off for standby duty performed on the same workday. Any employee in standby status shall be compensated for business phone calls made after having been reached (but without reporting to his/her duty station or other work location) under the Overtime Article shall be compensated at the straight time rate or compensatory time off as appropriate, but shall not be considered to have been called in by reason of such telephone work. Time spent on such telephone work during a workday of standby duty may be aggregated for the purpose of satisfying the fifteen (15) minute grace period specified in the Overtime Article. Any employees in standby status shall receive a compensatory day off for standby duty on a holiday, prorated for the day or part of a day of standby duty as appropriate, in addition to compensation otherwise due.

Standby means the periodic or intermittent supply or sale of electricity:

Standby shall refer to any period of time duly authorized by the Employer during which a nurse is required to be available to return to work without undue delay. Callback shall be limited to the program(s) for which the nurse is on standby. Standby shall be assigned and scheduled in accordance with the provisions of Article 1501 whenever reasonably possible.

Standby means where a member is directed to be prepared to resume duty immediately when advised and within the time limits or obligations imposed by the Controlling Authority. The member may be directed to remain at home or some other agreed location.

Standby. Any Unit Employee who is required by the Employer to be available for immediate return to duty, under conditions which do not allow the employee reasonable use of the time waiting to be called back to duty for his or her own purposes, shall be deemed to be in standby status. Time in standby status shall be considered time worked for regular compensation and overtime compensation purposes.

Standby means those times when eligible employees are required by the appointing authority to restrict their activities during off-duty hours so as to be immediately available for duty.