AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness. A joint management and employees health and safety committee shall be constituted with representation of at least half by employees from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other per- sons respecting the of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minu- tes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and to the Union. Two representatives of the joint health and safety committee, one from management and one from the employees on a rotating basis designated by the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and equipment and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspection. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident and shall have the right to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activi- ties shall be time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the repre- sentatives thereof shall have reasonable access to the annual summary of data from The Workers' Compensation Board relating to the number of work accident fatal- ities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the inci- dence of occupational injuries, and such other data, as The Workers' Compensation Board may decide to dis- close.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Union union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Homehome, in order to prevent injury and illness. A joint management and employees health and safety committee shall be constituted continued with representation of at least half by employees from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other per- sons persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minu- tes Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and to the Union. Two representatives of the joint health Joint Health and safety committeeSafety Committee, one from management and one from the employees on a rotating basis designated by the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and equipment and shall report to the health Health and safety committee Safety Committee the results of their inspection. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a govern- ment inspector and shall have the right to accompany him on in his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activi- ties activities shall be considered as time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the repre- sentatives representatives thereof shall have reasonable access to the annual summary of data from The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board relating to the number of work accident fatal- itiesfatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid aide without lost workdays, the inci- dence incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data, as The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board may decide to dis- closedisclose. The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co- operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices. The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infections diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees who are not direct care employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances. The parties agree that if incidents involving aggressive client action occur, such action will be recorded and reviewed at the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Reasonable steps within the control of the Employer will follow to address the legitimate health and safety concerns of employees presented in that forum. The parties further agree that suitable subjects for discussion at the joint Labour Management Committee will include aggressive residents.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness. A joint management and employees health and safety committee shall be constituted with representation of at least half by employees from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other per- sons persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minu- tes Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and to the Union. Two representatives of the joint health and safety committeecom- mittee, one from management and one from the employees on a rotating basis designated by the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and equipment and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspection. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a government inspector and shall have the right to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activi- ties activities shall be considered as time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the repre- sentatives representa- tives thereof shall have reasonable access to the annual summary of data from The the Workers' Compensation Board relating to the number of work accident fatal- itiesfatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the inci- dence incident of occupational injuries, and such other data, as The Workers' Compensation Board may decide to dis- closedisclose. The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co- operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices. The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees who are not direct care employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirements to practice universal precautions in all circumstances. The parties agree that incidents involving aggressive client action occur, such action will be recorded and reviewed at the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Reasonable steps within the control of the Employer will follow to address the legitimate health and safety concerns of employees presented in that forum. The parties further agree that suitable subjects for discussion at the joint Labour Management Committee will include aggressive residents. The Employer shall: inform Employees of any situation relating to their work which may endanger their health and safety, as soon as it learns of the said situation.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
AND SAFETY. The Employer Home and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness. A joint management and employees health Health and safety committee Safety Committee shall be constituted with representation of at least half by employees from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by unions Unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer employer or other per- sons persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee Committee shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minu- tes Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer Home and to the Union. The Union agrees to limit representation from the full-time and part-time bargaining units to one joint representative which may be increased by mutual agreement of the parties. Two representatives of the joint health Health and safety committeeSafety Committee, one from management Management, and one from the employees on a rotating basis designated by the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and equipment and shall report to the health Health and safety committee Safety Committee the results of their inspection. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee Committee and to the Employer Home on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a Government Inspector and shall have the right to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activi- ties activities shall be considered as time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the repre- sentatives representatives thereof shall have reasonable access to the annual summary of data from The the Workers' Compensation Board relating to the number of work accident fatal- itiesfatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the inci- dence incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data, data as The the Workers' Compensation Board may decide to dis- closedisclose. The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices. The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees who are not direct care employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances.
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Samples: Collective Agreement