Investigation of Work Situations. Employees who believe their work situation is unsafe will immediately notify their supervisor. The supervisor will immediately notify the Director of Occupational Health Safety and Environment and the Associate Vice President, Human Resources. The employees may refuse to work in the situation until the safety problem has been corrected by the University, or until an investigation has determined that the situation is safe. Any investigation will be initiated by the Associate Vice President, Human Resources and conducted by a committee of two (2) Union and two (2) University appointees. If it is the unanimous opinion of the investigating committee members that the work situation is safe, the employees will return to their normal work duties. Employees may be assigned alternate work during the investigation.
Investigation of Work Situations. Employees have the right to refuse unsafe work in accordance with regulations enacted by the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia which require a worker who believes work is unsafe to first raise the issue with their supervisor. If the issue cannot be resolved between them then the supervisor must jointly investigate the matter with a union safety representative before the work continues. If the issue still remains unresolved a Work Safe BC representative must be called. The University and the Union will work cooperatively to resolve these situations quickly and afterwards will take steps utilizing processes through the Joint Local Safety Committee and University Safety Committee to ensure that any unsafe working conditions that might be found do not reoccur. Employees may be assigned alternate work during the investigation.
