Common use of HEALTH AND SAFETY Section A. General Clause in Contracts

HEALTH AND SAFETY Section A. General. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to provide a place of employment free from known health and safety hazards. While the parties recognize that certain health and safety hazards are inherent in a correctional or other custody environment, the Employer shall take steps to eliminate or minimize, and to avoid aggravating, such inherent hazards. Matters pertaining to health and safety conditions may be discussed at the appropriate level Labor-Management meeting in accordance with Article 11 of this Agreement. Any existing Safety/Health Committees shall continue as an alternative to the Labor-Management meeting process, unless terminated by mutual agreement. It is the expressed policy of the Employer to resolve health and safety problems. The Union agrees to cooperate in such efforts to the extent possible. The Department of Corrections Joint Committee on Health and Safety is continued, consisting of three representatives of the Union appointed by the Union and three representatives of the department, appointed by the department. Each party will make a good faith effort to appoint at least one member who has professional training or employment responsibilities in the area of workplace health or safety. The Joint Committee on Health and Safety shall meet at least quarterly at mutually agreeable times and places. An agenda shall be established in advance of each meeting. Minutes will be prepared by the department for each meeting and a copy provided to all members. Meetings shall be open to such other representatives of the parties as the committee members deem appropriate. The charge of this committee shall be to identify and examine health and safety issues which impact upon Bargaining Unit members in the Department of Corrections. In conjunction with its charge, the committee shall be afforded access, when requested, to workplace injury, accident and illness reports involving Bargaining Unit employees, and will work cooperatively with health and safety programs initiated under the authority of the state's Disability Management Program. The committee shall make recommendations to the Department Director on such matters as indoor air quality, first aid and life saving devices, personal protective and communication devices, physical facilities security, training, and any other related matters pertaining to the health and safety of Bargaining Unit members. Committee members appointed by the Union shall be permitted time off the job without loss of pay for travel to and from and attendance at committee meetings. The 1997 Secondary Agreement regarding joint committees on health and safety shall remain in effect between MCO and the Department of Community Health unless altered through secondary negotiations. All employees shall be required to comply with safety/health rules and regulations established by the Employer. If an employee has justifiable reason to believe that his/her safety is endangered due to an alleged working condition or equipment which is abnormally hazardous, even in a custody and security setting, the employee shall inform the supervisor who shall have the responsibility to determine what action, if any, should be taken. If the employee is not satisfied with the action taken by the supervisor, the employee shall be entitled to notify the highest ranking Union official at the work site, who may contact the highest ranking shift supervisor on duty.

HEALTH AND SAFETY Section A. General. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to provide a place of employment free from known health and safety hazards. While the parties recognize that certain health and safety hazards are inherent in a correctional or other custody environment, the Employer shall take steps to eliminate or minimize, and to avoid aggravating, such inherent hazards. Matters pertaining to health and safety conditions may be discussed at the appropriate level Labor-Management meeting in accordance with Article 11 of this Agreement. Any existing Safety/Health Committees shall continue as an alternative to the Labor-Management meeting process, unless terminated by mutual agreement. It is the expressed policy of the Employer to resolve health and safety problems. The Union agrees to cooperate in such efforts to the extent possible. The Department of Corrections Joint Committee on Health and Safety is continued, consisting of three representatives of the Union appointed by the Union and three representatives of the department, appointed by the department. Each party will make a good faith effort to appoint at least one member who has professional training or employment responsibilities in the area of workplace health or safety. The Joint Committee on Health and Safety shall meet at least quarterly at mutually agreeable times and places. An agenda shall be established in advance of each meeting. Minutes will be prepared by the department for each meeting and a copy provided to all members. Meetings shall be open to such other representatives of the parties as the committee members deem appropriate. The charge of this committee shall be to identify and examine health and safety issues which impact upon Bargaining Unit members in the Department of Corrections. In conjunction with its charge, the committee shall be afforded access, when requested, to workplace injury, accident and illness reports involving Bargaining Unit employees, and will work cooperatively with health and safety programs initiated under the authority of the state's Disability Management Program. The committee shall make recommendations to the Department Director on such matters as indoor air quality, first Article 12 aid and life saving devices, personal protective and communication devices, physical facilities security, training, and any other related matters pertaining to the health and safety of Bargaining Unit members. Committee members appointed by the Union shall be permitted time off the job without loss of pay for travel to and from and attendance at committee meetings. The 1997 Secondary Agreement regarding joint committees on health and safety shall remain in effect between MCO and the Department of Community Health unless altered through secondary negotiations. All employees shall be required to comply with safety/health rules and regulations established by the Employer. If an employee has justifiable reason to believe that his/her safety is endangered due to an alleged working condition or equipment which is abnormally hazardous, even in a custody and security setting, the employee shall inform the supervisor who shall have the responsibility to determine what action, if any, should be taken. If the employee is not satisfied with the action taken by the supervisor, the employee shall be entitled to notify the highest ranking Union official at the work site, who may contact the highest ranking shift supervisor on duty.

HEALTH AND SAFETY Section A. General. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to provide a place of employment free from known health and safety hazards. While the parties recognize that certain health and safety hazards are inherent in a correctional or other custody environment, the Employer shall take steps to eliminate or minimize, and to avoid aggravating, such inherent hazards. Matters pertaining to health and safety conditions may be discussed at the appropriate level Labor-Management meeting in accordance with Article 11 of this Agreement. Any existing Safety/Health Committees shall continue as an alternative to the Labor-Management meeting process, unless terminated by mutual agreement. It is the expressed policy of the Employer to resolve health and safety problems. The Union agrees to cooperate in such efforts to the extent possible. The Department of Corrections Joint Committee on Health and Safety is continued, consisting of three representatives of the Union appointed by the Union and three representatives of the department, appointed by the department. Each party will make a good faith effort to appoint at least one member who has professional training or employment responsibilities in the area of workplace health or safety. The Joint Committee on Health and Safety shall meet at least quarterly at mutually agreeable times and places. An agenda shall be established in advance of each meeting. Minutes will be prepared by the department for each meeting and a copy provided to all members. Meetings shall be open to such other representatives of the parties as the committee members deem appropriate. The charge of this committee shall be to identify and examine health and safety issues which impact upon Bargaining Unit members in the Department of Corrections. In conjunction with its charge, the committee shall be afforded access, when requested, to workplace injury, accident and illness reports involving Bargaining Unit employees, and will work cooperatively with health and safety programs initiated under the authority of the state's Disability Management Program. The committee shall make recommendations to the Department Director on such matters as indoor air quality, first aid and life saving devices, personal protective and communication devices, physical facilities security, training, and any other related matters pertaining to the health and safety of Bargaining Unit members. Committee members appointed by the Union shall be permitted time off the job without loss of pay for travel to and from and attendance at committee meetings. The 1997 Secondary Agreement regarding joint committees on health and safety shall remain in effect between MCO and the Department of Community Health unless altered through secondary negotiations. All employees shall be required to comply with safety/health rules and regulations established by the Employer. If an employee has justifiable reason to believe that his/her safety is endangered due to an alleged working condition or equipment which is abnormally hazardous, even in a custody and security setting, the employee shall inform the supervisor who shall have the responsibility to determine what action, if any, should be taken. If the employee is not satisfied with the action taken by the supervisor, the employee shall be entitled to notify the highest ranking Union official at the work site, who may contact the highest ranking shift supervisor on duty.work