Common use of Agreements on safety xxxxxxx etc Clause in Contracts

Agreements on safety xxxxxxx etc. The main organisations assume that, where needed, and well before the expiry of the collective agreement, an understanding is reached at the individual company, or within a specific sector covered by the collective agreement, which regulates matters concerning the termination and restarting of operations in a technically proper manner and with due regard to protection, as well as work necessary to prevent hazards to life and health or considerable material damage. If public provisions regarding such agreements exist, the agreement shall comply with such provisions. The company and the company shop stewards shall make local agreements on this subject. If no agreement is reached in local negotiations, the matter may be brought before the parties to the understanding. If no agreement is reached in these negotiations, or if one of the parties to the understanding does not approve the local agreement, the matter may be brought before the main organisations. The parties to the understanding may overrule agreements made locally, though not contrary to the restrictions regarding termination referred to in section 18.2.