Common use of APPROACH TO SAFETY Clause in Contracts

APPROACH TO SAFETY. Successful WPS efforts are comprehensive and require strong leadership from the health plans, hospitals, dental group, medical groups and unions. To that end, the parties commit to implement a comprehensive plan for each region that sets challenging goals, defines accountabilities and creates a supportive environment with active work-unit engagement. The plan should include sustainable implementation goals and a timeline with milestones for progress. The program requires that accountability for WPS be integrated into health plan, hospital and medical or dental group operations, business plans, performance metrics, budgets and strategic planning efforts, and emphasizes the collective responsibility for WPS in each work unit. In order to ensure successful implementation of the WPS program, the Employer and the unions agree to support training, partnership activities and work team engagement related to WPS, in accordance with the Planned Replacement provisions of Section 1.F.1.