Infectious or Contagious Diseases Sample Clauses

Infectious or Contagious Diseases. Unit members shall report any suspected infections or contagious disease that the unit member believes endangers their safety. Students suspected of having a contagious disease shall be sent to the Health office. The unit member shall be notified regarding the nature of the suspected disease and the steps taken by the Executive Director or designees deemed necessary to protect the safety of the employee and students.

Infectious or Contagious Diseases. Where infectious or contagious diseases are diagnosed or suspected, upon request of a Union Representative, the Hospital shall meet promptly with the Union to determine what steps, if any, are necessary to safeguard the health and safety of workers and patients. Any worker represented by the Local who may be at risk of exposure to an infectious agent or agents as a result of their work responsibilities shall be informed of what risk the patient poses and the measures that will be taken to protect the employee according to Hospital policy and procedure. When it is determined that an employee has suffered an exposure in the workplace to an infectious agent, hazardous chemical agent, or harmful physical agent and, as a result, is not permitted to work by the Hospital or by an appropriate regulatory agency, the employee shall be kept whole for loss of wages and benefits, including retirement and seniority, until such time as the employee becomes eligible for workers’ compensation or disability insurance. The Hospital further agrees that such an absence will not be used for corrective action or any other purpose under the Hospital’s attendance policy. If a quarantine directed by a state or federal agency is due to a workplace exposure and the quarantine results in the employee being unable to leave the hospital, the Hospital shall provide room and board without charge for the duration of the quarantine. The employee shall be reimbursed for mutually agreed upon reasonable expenses incurred as a direct result of the quarantine.

Infectious or Contagious Diseases. Modify Art. 25 (E) as follows: Where infectious or contagious diseases are diagnosed or suspected, upon request of a Union Representative, the Hospital shall meet promptly with the Union to determine what steps, if any, are necessary to safeguard the health and safety of workers and patients. Any worker represented by the Local who may be at risk of exposure to an infectious agent or agents as a result of their work responsibilities shall be informed of what risk the patient poses and the measures that will be taken to protect the employee according to Hospital policy and procedure. When it is determined that an employee has suffered an exposure in the workplace to an infectious agent, hazardous chemical agent, or harmful physical agent and, as a result, is not permitted to work by the Hospital or by an appropriate regulatory agency, the employee shall be kept whole for loss of wages and benefits, including pension and seniority, until such time as the employee becomes eligible for worker’s compensation or disability insurance. The Hospital further agrees that such an absence will not be used for corrective action or any other purpose under the Hospital’s attendance policy. If a quarantine directed by a state or federal agency is due to a workplace exposure and the quarantine results in the employee being unable to leave the hospital, the Hospital shall provide room and board without charge for the duration of the quarantine. The employee shall be reimbursed for mutually agreed upon reasonable expenses incurred as a direct result of the quarantine.

Infectious or Contagious Diseases. The Agreement Holder will not graze livestock, which has any infectious or contagious disease or other condition that is a material risk to other livestock, wildlife or humans, on the Agreement Area or on any Private Land that is not separated from crown range by a fence or other barrier to livestock movement, or on any land subject to a Private Land Agreement.