Common use of HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT Clause in Contracts

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 The Employer and the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment to prevent occupational injury and illness. In order to affect a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods shall be encouraged. To this end, a Joint RRC Safety Committee has been established with relevant terms of reference contained in a policy statement. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment of the employees. The parties agree that the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the employees in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisor. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property of the Employer. All items to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employee.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 The Employer and the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment to prevent occupational injury and illness. In order to affect a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods shall be encouraged. To this end, a Joint RRC Safety Committee has been established with relevant terms of reference contained in a policy statement. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment of the employees. 22.01 The parties agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the facility in order to prevent injury and illness. 22.02 A joint committee Health and Safety Committee will include be established with representation from the bargaining unit and an employee member from each department who will represent the interests equal number of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attendEmployer Representatives. The employee member and alternate bargaining unit will be selected entitled to one representative for every fifty bargaining unit members in the facility, with a minimum of two (2) representatives. At no time shall the number of Company members be allowed to outnumber the amount of Union members. Two (2) co-chairpersons shall be appointed by a vote and from the members of the employees in each Committee. One co-chair shall be a Union member, and the other shall be an Employer member. The non-management members of the respective DepartmentsCommittee will appoint the Union co-chair. Whenever possibleWithout limiting the generality of the foregoing, meetings will be held during work time the Committee shall: i) ensure that inspections have been carried out at least once a month by the co-chairs or designate of the workplace and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without payequipment. 20.02 aii) make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety for workers. iii) Recommend to the Employer and to the workers the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of programs, measures and procedures respecting the health or safety of workers. iv) Record the minutes of the meetings which shall be signed by the co-chairs or designate, distributed to the Committee members, and posted on the bulletin boards, with a copy to the Union. v) Identify potential dangers; recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons or organizations (e.g. OWOSH, Workers’ Health and Safety Centre) respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. vi) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment union representatives of the Committee are entitled to meet for one (1) hour prior to the Committee meeting as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment may be necessary for preparation. In the event of a critical accident or injury Committee representatives shall be made available notified immediately and shall investigate and report as determined soon as possible to be necessary by the employee's supervisorCommittee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. No employee shall operate any piece of equipment or perform duties until she has received orientation, education and/or instruction. The Employer will supply uniformsCommittee shall have access to the annual summary of data from WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, without chargethe number of lost work day cases, in accordance the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid with its policylost workdays and the incidence of occupational injuries. The Union co-chairperson, as amended from or designate, shall be allowed to time to time, to those employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than accompany a Ministry of Labour inspector on duty and shall remain the property an inspection tour of the Employer. All items to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employeeworkplace.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 The Employer and the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment to prevent occupational injury and illness. In order to affect a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods shall be encouraged. To this end, a Joint RRC Safety Committee has been established with relevant terms of reference contained in a policy statement. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment of the employees. The parties agree that the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the employees in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which shall include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes protection Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Air packs Sun block Air packs Any such safety sSafety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisor. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. Employees required to wear uniform shirts will be provided with two (2) shirts. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property of the Employer. All items to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employee.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 25.01 The Employer parties agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment facility in order to prevent occupational injury and illness. 25.02 A Joint Health and Safety Committee will be established with representation from various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by Unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, and an equal number of Employer representatives. In order Unifor will be entitled to affect two (2) representatives and, provided that the Union represents a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for majority of the employees at workthe work location, it such additional representatives as are required to ensure the total number of Unifor representatives is agreed that joint greater than the total number of representatives from other unions, and cooperative methods employees who are not represented by unions. Employees who are not represented by unions do not include management representatives. 25.03 At no time shall the number of company members be allowed to outnumber the amount of union members. 25.04 Two (2) co-chairpersons shall be encouragedelected by and from the members of the committee. To this endOne co-chair shall be a union member, and the other shall be an Employer member. The non-management members of the committee will elect the Union co-chair. 25.05 The committee shall operate in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as it may be amended from time to time. Meetings will be held quarterly or more frequently as the committee may determine. 25.06 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the committee shall: a. ensure that inspections have been carried out at least once a Joint RRC month by the co-chairs or designate of the workplace and equipment. b. make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety of workers. c. recommend to the Employer and to the workers the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of programs, measures and procedures respecting the health or safety of workers. d. record the minutes of the meetings which shall be signed by the co-chairs, distributed to the committee members, and posted on the bulletin boards, with a copy to the Union. e. identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons or organizations (e.g., OWOSH, Workers’ Health and Safety centre) respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. f. Unifor representatives of the Committee are entitled to meet for at least one (1) hour prior to the Committee as may be necessary for preparation. 25.07 In the event of accident or injury committee 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. 25.08 No employee shall operate any piece of equipment or perform duties until she has been established received orientation, education and/or instruction. 25.09 The Committee shall have access to the annual summary of data from WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost work days cases, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid with relevant terms lost workdays, the incidence of reference contained in occupational injuries, and reasonable access to such other related non-confidential data available from the Employer. 25.10 The Union co-chairperson, or designate, shall be allowed to accompany a policy statementMinistry of Labour inspector on an inspection tour of the workplace and speak confidentially with the inspector. 25.11 The Employer will make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases to the extent possible within the framework of applicable federal and provincial privacy legislation. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment will advise of the employeesproper procedures and proper precautions necessary to deal with such residents’ conditions. The direct care workers are obligated to maintain confidentiality in respect of this information. 25.12 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 the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected it is important for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the all employees to practice universal precautions in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisorall circumstances. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those ensure that all employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property are aware of the Employer. All items requirement to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employeepractice universal precautions.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 The Employer and the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment to prevent occupational injury and illness. In order to affect a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods shall be encouraged. To this end, a Joint RRC Safety Committee has been established with relevant terms of reference contained in a policy statement. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment of the employees. 22.01 The parties agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the facility in order to prevent injury and illness. 22.02 A joint committee Health and Safety Committee will include be established with representation from the bargaining unit and an employee member equal number of Employer Representatives. The bargaining unit will be entitled to one representative for every fifty bargaining unit members in the facility, with a minimum of two (2) representatives. At no time shall the number of Company members be allowed to outnumber the amount of Union members. Two (2) co-chairpersons shall be appointed by and from each department who the members of the Committee. One co-chair shall be a Union member, and the other shall be an Employer member. The non-management members of the Committee will represent appoint the interests Union co-chair. Without limiting the generality of their department the foregoing, the Committee shall: i) ensure that inspections have been carried out at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also least once a month by the co-chairs or designate of the workplace and equipment. ii) make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety for workers. iii) Recommend to the Employer and to the workers the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of programs, measures and procedures respecting the health or safety of workers. iv) Record the minutes of the meetings which shall be selected for attendance at these meetings signed by the co-chairs or designate, distributed to the Committee members, and posted on the bulletin boards, with a copy to the Union within five (5) working days from when the regular representative cannot attendmeeting occurred, or as soon as possible thereafter if extenuating circumstances arise. v) Identify potential dangers; recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons or organizations (e.g. OWOSH, Workers’ Health and Safety Centre) respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. vi) The union representatives of the Committee are entitled to meet for one (1) hour prior to the Committee meeting as may be necessary for preparation. In the event of a critical accident or injury Committee 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. No employee shall operate any piece of equipment or perform duties until she has received orientation, education and/or instruction. The employee member Committee shall have access to the annual summary of data from WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost work day cases, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid with lost workdays and alternate will the incidence of occupational injuries. The Union co-chairperson, or designate, shall be selected by allowed to accompany a vote Ministry of Labour inspector on an inspection tour of the employees in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without payworkplace. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisor. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property of the Employer. All items to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employee.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 (a) The Employer parties agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment facility in order to prevent occupational injury and illness. (b) A Joint Health and Safety Committee will be established with representation from various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by Unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, and an equal number of Employer Representatives. In order UNIFOR will be entitled to affect one representative for every fifty bargaining unit members in the facility, with a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods minimum of two (2) representatives. (c) At no time shall the number of company members be allowed to outnumber the amount of union members. (d) Two (2) co-chairpersons shall be encouragedelected by and from the members of the committee. To this endOne co-chair shall be a union member, and the other shall be an Employer member. The non-management members of the committee will elect the Union co-chair. (e) The committee shall operate in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as it may be amended from time to time. Meetings will be held quarterly or more frequently as the committee may determine. (f) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the committee shall: i) Ensure that inspections have been carried out at least once a Joint RRC month by the co-chairs or designate of the work place and equipment. ii) Make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety of workers. iii) Recommend to the Employer and to the workers the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of programs, measures and procedures respecting the health or safety of workers. iv) Record the minutes of the meetings, which shall be signed by the co-chairs, distributed to the committee members, and posted on the bulletin boards, with a copy to the Union. v) Identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons or organizations (e.g. OWOSH, Workers’ Health and Safety Centre) respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. vi) UNIFOR representatives of the Committee are entitled to meet for at least one (1) hour prior to the Committee as may be necessary for preparation. (g) In the event of accident or injury committee 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. (h) No employee shall operate any piece of equipment or perform duties until she has been established received orientation, education and/or instruction. (i) The Committee shall have access to the annual summary of data from WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid with relevant terms lost workdays, the incidence of reference contained in occupational injuries, and reasonable access to such other related non-confidential data available from the Employer. (j) The Union co-chairperson, or designate, shall be allowed to accompany a policy statementMinistry of Labour inspector on an inspection tour of the workplace and speak confidentially with the inspector. (k) The Employer make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases to the extent possible within the framework of applicable federal and provincial privacy legislation. The Employer shall continue to make provisions for the health, safety and environment will advise of the employeesproper procedures and proper precautions necessary to deal with such residents’ conditions. The direct care workers are obligated to maintain confidentiality in respect of this information. (l) 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 the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected it is important for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the all employees to practice universal precautions in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisorall circumstances. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those ensure that all employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property are aware of the Employer. All items requirement to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement practice universal precautions. (m) National Day of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employee.Mourning

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 (a) The Employer and the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe agree, that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and healthy working environment health and maintain every reasonable precaution in order to prevent occupational accidents, injury and illness. In order to affect a thoroughly understood and accepted safety and health program for employees at work, it is agreed that joint and cooperative methods shall be encouraged. To this end, a Joint RRC Safety Committee has been established with relevant terms of reference contained in a policy statement. The Employer shall continue comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Xxx, 0000, its regulations and codes of practice and environment, legislation and regulations in effect on the effective date of this Agreement, as minimum standards. (b) Where employees are working in high-risk areas for exposure to make provisions infectious or communicable diseases for which there are available preventative vaccinations, they shall be provided at no cost to the employees. (c) Where the Employer identifies high-risk areas where employees are exposed to infectious or communicable diseases for which there are available protective medications, such medications shall be provided at no cost to the employees. (a) Joint Health and Safety Committee composed of two (2) CAW members per committee chosen by the Union. At no time shall the Employer representatives be allowed to outnumber the employee representatives. (b) Two co-chairpersons shall be elected by and from the members of the committee. One co-chair shall be an employee member; the other shall be an Employer member. (c) The committee shall determine that inspections have been carried out at least once a month by the co-chairs or designates. (d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the committee shall: (1) Carry out monthly inspections of the workplace. (2) Recommend measures required to attain compliance with appropriate government regulations and the correction of hazardous conditions. (3) Consider recommendations from the workforce with respect to health and safety matters and recommend implementation where warranted. (4) Meet once a month for the healthreview of reports of current accidents, safety occupational diseases and environment sprains and strains injuries, their causes and means of the employees. The parties agree that the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the employees in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisor. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those employees prevention; remedial action taken or required by the Employer reports of investigations or inspections, and; any other matters pertaining to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty health and shall remain safety. (5) Record the property minutes of the Employer. All items to meetings that shall be replaced or reissuedreviewed by the co-chairs, subject distributed to the agreement committee members, posted on the bulletin boards. (6) Committee members are entitled to one hour or such longer period of time as the Employercommittee determines is necessary to prepare for each committee meeting, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned such availability prior to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employeescheduling of any six (6) week scheduling period.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT. 20.01 9.01 The Employer parties agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Union acknowledge their common concern for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment facility in order to prevent occupational injury and illness. 9.02 A Joint Health and Safety Committee will be established with representation from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by Unions and an equal number of Employer Representatives. In order The number of Employer representatives shall not exceed the total number of union representatives. Unifor will be entitled to affect one representative for every fifty members in this bargaining unit, with a thoroughly understood minimum of two (2) representatives. Where the certified worker representative on the Joint Health and accepted safety Safety Committee is not a Unifor representative from any of the Unifor bargaining units represented on the Committee, the Employer will recognize a Unifor certified representative and health program will pay for employees at workthe training costs of one Unifor certified representative. However, it the Employer’s obligation to pay for the certification of a Unifor certified representative in circumstances in which there is agreed that joint and cooperative methods a certified representative other than from a Unifor bargaining unit is limited to a maximum of once every three years. 9.03 At no time shall the number of Employer representatives be allowed to outnumber the total number of union representatives. 9.04 Two (2) co-chairpersons shall be encouragedelected by and from the members of the committee. To this endOne co-chair shall be a union member, and the other shall be an Employer member. The union members of the committee will elect the Union co- chair. 9.05 The committee shall operate in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as it may be amended from time to time, including as provided for under the recent amendments to the Act pursuant to Xxxx 168, “Workplace Violence and Harassment”. Meetings will be held bi-monthly, or more or less frequently as the committee may determine. Agenda items will be submitted one week prior to the Health and Safety meeting. The union co-chair and the Employer co-chair will rotate the responsibility for chairing the meetings every other meeting, unless agreed otherwise. 9.06 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the committee shall: i) Ensure that inspections have been carried out at least once a Joint RRC month by the co-chairs or designate of the work place and equipment. ii) Make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety of workers. iii) Recommend to the Employer and to the workers the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of programs, measures and procedures respecting the health or safety of workers. iv) Record the minutes of the meetings, which shall be signed by the co- chairs, distributed to the committee members, and posted on the bulletin boards, with a copy to the Union. v) Identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons or organizations (e.g., OWOSH, Workers’ Health and Safety Centre) respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. vi) The Unifor representatives of the Committee has been established are entitled to meet for at least one (1) hour prior to the Committee as may be necessary for preparation with relevant terms payment from the Employer. 9.07 In the event of reference contained in a policy statementaccident or injury, union and employer committee 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. The Employer will notify the Union Co-Chairperson of any ‘near miss.’ Near misses will also be reported to the Joint Health and Safety Committee at their meetings. 9.08 No employee shall continue operate any piece of equipment or perform duties until the employee has received orientation, education and/or instruction. 9.09 The Committee shall have access to make provisions for the healthannual summary of data from WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, safety the number of lost work day cases, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid with lost workdays, the incidence of occupational injuries, and environment reasonable access to such other related non-confidential data available from the Employer. 9.10 The Union co-chairperson, or designate, shall be allowed to accompany a Ministry of Labour inspector on an inspection tour of the employeesworkplace and speak confidentially with the inspector. 9.11 The Employer will make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases to the extent possible within the framework of applicable federal and provincial privacy legislation. The Employer will advise of the proper procedures and proper precautions necessary to deal with such residents’ conditions. The direct care workers are obligated to maintain confidentiality in respect of this information. 9.12 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 the joint committee will include an employee member from each department who will represent the interests of their department at these joint meetings. An alternate employee member will also be selected it is important for attendance at these meetings when the regular representative cannot attend. The employee member and alternate will be selected by a vote of the all employees to practice universal precautions in each of the respective Departments. Whenever possible, meetings will be held during work time and no employee will be expected to attend meetings without pay. 20.02 a) The Employer shall provide standard safety equipment as required, which include: Work gloves and/or mitts Hardhats Rain capes Safety belts Safety face xxxxxxx Safety glasses Ear protection Kneepads Insect repellant Sun block Air packs Any such safety equipment shall be made available as determined to be necessary by the employee's supervisorall circumstances. The Employer will supply uniforms, without charge, in accordance with its policy, as amended from to time to time, to those ensure that all employees required by the Employer to wear such uniforms. These uniforms shall not be worn other than on duty and shall remain the property are aware of the Employer. All items requirement to be replaced or reissued, subject to the agreement of the Employer, must be returned. Upon termination, all items of clothing shall be returned to the Employer, or cost to be deducted from final monies owing to the employeepractice universal precautions.