14 § Standby

1.        If an employee’s contract requires him or her to be on standby duty at his or her residence or otherwise maintain readiness to come to work when requested in a separately agreed manner, the employee shall receive half of the specified hourly wages for the period that he or she is bound by such an obligation but not actually working.

2.        Effort should be made to arrange standby duty that is not considered working hours in an uninterrupted fashion.


3.        Standby compensation shall be paid for a minimum of four standby hours.