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Health and Safety Committee 29.01 The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually agree to maintain standards of safety and health in the facility in order to prevent injury and illness.
29.02 A Joint Health and Safety Committee shall be continued with at least fifty percent (50%) of its membership representative of the bargaining unit.
29.03 The Committee will assist wherever possible in the promotion of safe work practices, identify and communicate to employees and the Employer potential hazards and recommend methods of improving accident prevention programs.
29.04 The Committee shall endeavour to meet at least bi-monthly and more frequently as the need arises. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be provided to the Employer and Committee members
29.05 One (1) or more Committee-appointed representative(s), on a rotating basis, shall make monthly inspections of the workplace and equipment and shall report to the Joint Health and Safety Committee the results of the inspection.
29.06 In the event of serious injury, a Committee-appointed representative shall be notified as soon as possible and shall investigate and report to the Committee and the Employer on the nature and causes of a serious accident, or such potentiality, and recommend corrective action.
29.07 Committee representatives must be notified of an inspection by a Ministry of Labour inspector and shall have the right to accompany her on her inspection. Scheduled time spent in all such activities shall be considered time worked.
29.08 The Joint Health and Safety Committee members shall have access to the annual summary of data from the WSIB relating to number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost time accidents, the number of lost workdays, the number of accidents that required medical aid without lost time, the incidence of occupational injuries and such other data as the Workers’ Compensation Board may decide to disclose.
29.09 The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full cooperation of its membership in the observation of all accident prevention policies and procedures.
29.10 Prior to implementing new accident prevention policies and procedures, they will be discussed at the Committee level.
Joint Health and Safety Committee (a) The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of occupational health and safety in the organization, in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness. The parties agree to promote health and safety throughout the organization. The employer shall provide orientation and training in health and safety to new and current employees on an ongoing basis, and employees shall attend required health and safety training sessions.
(b) Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Employer agrees to accept as a member of its Joint Health and Safety Committee, at least one representative from the bargaining unit. The number of committee members will be no less than that determined by legislation and the bargaining unit will be entitled to the same membership as any other employee group on the committees. The Union shall notify the employer of their representatives.
(c) Such Committee shall identify potential dangers and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programs, and recommend actions to be taken to improve conditions related to occupational health and safety.
(d) The Employer agrees to cooperate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the Committee to fulfill its functions. The Committee shall respect the confidentiality of the information.
(e) The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full cooperation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices.
(f) Meetings shall be held every third month or more frequently at the call of either co-chair, if required. The Committee shall keep Minutes of all meetings and make the Minutes available for review.
(g) All time spent by a member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee attending meetings of the Committee and carrying out the members duties, shall be deemed to be time worked for which the member shall be paid by the Employer at the member's applicable rate of pay, and the member shall be entitled to such time from the member's work as necessary for those duties.
(h) The employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25
