AND HEALTH. The Employer shall comply with all applicable federal, territorial, and municipal health and safety legislation and regulations. All standards established under the legislation and regulations shall constitute minimum acceptable practice.
AND HEALTH. The Company shall institute and maintain all necessary precautions to ensure every worker a safe and healthy workplace and to protect the environment. The company shall comply in a timely manner with the Canada Labour Code, its regulations, codes of practice, and all relevant environmental laws, regulations, and codes of practice in effect. All standards established under these laws shall constitute minimum acceptable practice to be improved upon by agreement of the Joint Health and Safety Committee. The Union will encourage its members to use all safety equipment provided and to follow accident prevention rules and regulations. The Joint Local Health and Safety Committee for Cornwall Headquarters, during the life of the Agreement, will be comprised of a total of four members, two elected or appointed members representing the Union and two members representing Management. Each member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee shall be certified as required. During all absences, both parties shall recognise a substitute member as designated. In accordance with the Canada Labour Code, necessary leave with pay will be granted to every member of the Safety Committee, at his regular or acting rate, to attend meetings of the committee or to carry out any affairs as mandated in the minutes of the Committee. The union members of the Safety Committee shall be afforded the opportunity to meet for one (1) hour prior to the full Committee meeting. Requests for necessary leave under this Article shall be submitted to the employee's supervisor as far in advance as possible and in accordance with meeting schedules arranged by the co-chairpersons to avoid disruption of the Corporation's business activities. Approval by the supervisor will not be unreasonably withheld. Employees required to wear safety footwear because they hold positions designated in the Corporation's Safety Footwear Policy shall be paid an amount of for cost reimbursement of purchasing each year or every two (2) years such safety footwear, as per the applicable footwear payment schedule, thereby wearing at work safety footwear in good condition. Special consideration shall be given to employees with foot deformities. The Corporation will continue its practice of supplying at no cost to the employees concerned the clothing apparel such as coveralls, gloves, uniforms, winter parkas, and the required safety equipment other than safety footwear, as per the Corporation's schedules of replacement. The Corporati...
AND HEALTH. The Council shall continue to make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. The Council will welcome suggestions on the subject from the Association and the parties undertake to consult with a view to adopting and expeditiously carrying out reasonable procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employment injury. All employees of the Council shall make every reasonable effort to reduce and obviate risk of employment injury. Where any employee of the Council fails to obey a safety regulation issued by the Council, the employee may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action by the Council.
AND HEALTH. The Company and the Union realizingthe benefits to be derived from a safe and healthy place of employ- ment, agree that they, together with all employees, the Plant Committee and Stewards, and Supervisors, will cooperateto the fullest extent to promote safe work prac- tices, health conditions, and enforcement of safety rules. Safety equipment, devices, and procedureswill be in accordance with all legislation applicable to !he work place for matters pertaining to Health and Safety and will be followed and promoted by the Company and the Union.
(a) There will be one Joint Health and Safety Committee (referred to hereafter as "The Joint Committee"), and it shall consist of up to thirteen (13) members. The Company shall recognize up to eight (8) plantworker safety representatives, one (1) per shift selected by the employees from each production area, one (1) Skilled Trades representativeand one full-time Health and Safety person shall be by the Unionwho will represent The Com- pany will supply the names of their five (5) members to the Joint Committee. In the event of a one line op- eration the production area will be representedby the on-shift representatives of the line in operation. The Company recognizes the need for training and updating of Health and Safety representatives, the Union and all hourly employees both prior to assuming their responsibilities and while on the job. Appropriate training will be made available for new hires, job changes, both permanent and tem- porary, and for all new legislation processes and equipment, subject to Clause (2). Joint Committee meetings will be attended by up to eight (8) worker representatives and up to five (5) Company representatives as per Clause (a) paragraph The Joint Committee shall meet on the basis of a pre- determined schedule prepared and mutually agreed upon for each calendar year. The worker representa- tives will be allowed to meet two (2) hours prior to the meeting. Each representative will be given the op- portunity to meet with their appropriate back-up for one (1) hour each month. There shall be two one appointed by the employer, and one representing the workers who shall be the full-time Health and Safety representative. In the event that a technical situation arises outside the scope of the on-shift worker safety representative and one of the is not available, the worker safety representative will inform his Supervi- sor of his problem and that he needs assistance. The Supervisor and/or the on-s...
AND HEALTH. The Company and the Union agree on the importance of estab- lishing and maintaining a healthy and safe work environment for all of their employees and agree to comply with the provi- sions of the Canada Labour Code, Part A copy of the current Canada Labour Code will be posted in the workplace.
AND HEALTH. The Employer shall continue to make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. The Employer will welcome suggestions on the subject from the Association and the parties undertake to consult with a to adopting and expeditiously carrying out reasonable procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employment injury.
AND HEALTH. The Employer shall ensure that the safety and health at work of every person employed by the employer is protected. Employees will cooperate with the Safety and Health Committee established for the work place where the employee is employed.
AND HEALTH. The Company and the Union agree to mutually work towards maintaining high standards of health and safety in the plant in order to prevent industrial injury and illness. It shall also be the objective of the health and safety program to reduce the likelihood of workplace accidents and health hazards. The Company, the Union and its employees shall comply with all applicable health and safety legislation and regulations. The Company and the Union shall maintain a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee consisting of not more than three (3) members elected or appointed by the Union (who have acquired seniority) and not more than three (3) members appointed by the Company. In the event of absence of a committee member, the Company or Union, as applicable, may use an alternate employee. The general duties of the Joint Occupational Health Safety Committee shall be: To make a monthly inspection of the plant or place of employment for the purpose of determining hazardous conditions, to check unsafe practices and to receive complaints and recommendations with respect to these matters. To investigate promptly all accidents and any unsafe conditions or practices which may be reported to it. Such investigation shall include accidents which might have caused injury to a worker, whether or not such injury occurred. To hold regular meetings, at least monthly, for the discussion of current accidents, their causes, suggested means of preventing their recurrence, and reports of investigations and inspections. The Committee may make recommendations to Management for the improvement of the health and safety of workers. To make recommendations regarding worker education and training programs, including with respect to their implementation and improvement. To keep records of all investigations, inspections, complaints, and recommendations, together with minutes of meetings. The minutes shall indicate what action has been taken with respect to suggestions or recommendations previously made and, if no action has been taken, the reasons therefore shall be given by the Company The Union Co-chair of the Committee shall have the right to accompany all Ministry Safety Inspectors on tours of the plant and shall receive copies of any reports sent to the Company pertaining to such inspections. Accident, injury, and occupational illness records, as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act or as directed by the Ministry of Labour, shall be kept by the Company, and shall be ...
AND HEALTH. The Company and Union agree that they will mutually continue to cooperate to maintain high standards of safety and health in plant operations. The Company will continue to provide protective devices in accordance with practices established in the plant. The Union will assist management in securing the cooperation and compliance of the employees in utilizing the protective devices. The Company agrees to recognize a Safety and Health Committee elected or appointed by the Union. This Committee will meet with management at least once a month to conduct plant safety inspections and discuss safety and health conditions. The Safety Committee will be notified of all lost time accidents and will be provided with copies of Department of Labour safety inspection reports. The Company agrees that ten (10) days leave of absence in a calendar year shall be available to one employee (or several employees) with pay at the employee’s regular hourly rate up to eight (8) hours per day for the purpose of attending union sponsored safety seminars. An employee hurt in an industrial accident shall be paid for time lost on the day was injured at regular daily earnings including any overtime premium and applicable shift differential. The Company shall provide transportation on the day of the injury to and from the treatment location. It is not the intent of this provision to make the Company responsible for the payment of such time and transportation which is compensated for by the Workplace Safety Insurance Board. In the event of employees sustaining injuries at work or becoming affected by occupational diseases during the course of their employment, and becoming physically handicapped as a result thereof, every effort will be made by the Company to give the handicapped employee such suitable employment as is available. A reimbursement of for extrusion employees, and for remelt and maintenance employees will be made per contract year to each employee for the purchase of safety boots. Employee purchases that do not exceed the will be entitled to a further reimbursement of the outstanding amounts for any subsequent safety boot purchases. Safety boots will be of a style prescribed by the Company and must be worn as a condition of employment. After their probationary period, new employees will commence to be compensated at the beginning of the following year. Each new employee will be provided with one pair of safety glasses with side xxxxxxx, either plain or prescription, by the Comp...
AND HEALTH. The Employer shall make reasonable provision for the safety and health of its employees during the hours of their employment. Protective devices on machinery and other devices deemed necessary to properly protect employees from injury shall be provided by the Employer. All such protective devices shall remain the property of the Employer. It is the responsibility of all employees to wear safety equipment which is supplied and or required, to observe safe working practices and to report any unsafe conditions to management. The Employer and the Union will each appoint up to nine (9) respective members to a safety committee. The employee members will be selected as follows:
