Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. The Hospital will recognize one (1) ONA bargaining unit member as a representative on the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. (a) The Hospital and the Association agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of health and safety in the hospital in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness and to abide by the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended from time to time.
(b) The Hospital will review with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee written policies/procedures/protocols to address: • Violence in the workplace including verbal abuse • Musculoskeletal injury prevention • Needle stick and other sharps injury prevention • Personal protective equipment • Wellness initiatives
(c) The Hospital shall:
(i) inform employees of any situation relating to their work, which may endanger their health and safety as soon as it learns of the said situation;
(ii) inform employees regarding the risks relating to their work and provide orientation and training to new and current employees and supervision so that employees have the skills and knowledge necessary to safely perform the work assigned to them;
(iii) ensure that the applicable measures and procedures prescribed in the Occupational Health and Safety Act are carried out in the workplace.
(d) Employees shall:
(i) work in compliance with the provisions of the Act;
(ii) attend required health and safety orientation and training sessions;
(iii) use or wear the protective devises or clothing that the hospital requires be used or worn;
(iv) report to her employer or supervisor the absence of or defect in any equipment or protective device of which she is aware and which may endanger herself or others;
(v) report to her employer or supervisor any contravention of the Act or regulations and the existence of any hazard of which she is aware.
(e) (i) At least one of the employees representing workers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act who are trained to be certified workers as defined under the Act, shall be from the Association. The parties agree that it will not be a breach of this provision if only one employee representing workers is trained to be a certified worker and such employee is not from the Association provided that the next employee representing workers trained to be a certified worker is from the Association.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. 36.01 The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Hospital in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness.
(a) Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Hospital agrees to accept as a member of its Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee, at least one (1) representative selected or appointed by the Union from amongst bargaining unit employees. At no time shall the number of Employer representatives be allowed to outnumber the number of employee representatives.
(b) Two (2) Co-chairpersons shall be elected by and from the members of the committee. One (1) Co-chair shall be an employee member; the other shall be an Employer member.
(c) Any representative appointed or selected in accordance with 36:02 (a) hereof shall serve for a term of one (1) calendar year from the date of appointment, which may be renewed for further periods of one (1) year. Time off for such representative(s) to attend meetings of the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee in accordance with the foregoing, shall be granted and any representative(s) attending such meetings during their regularly scheduled hours of work, or on their scheduled days off, will be deemed to be at work, for which the employee shall be paid their regular or premium rate of pay.
36.03 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 safety and health.
36.04 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the committee shall:
(a) determine that inspections have been carried out at least once a month by the Co-chairs or designates;
(b) recommend measures required to attain compliance with appropriate government regulations and the correction of hazardous conditions;
(c) consider recommendations from the workforce with respect to health and safety matters and recommend implementation where warranted;
(d) hold meetings every second month or more frequently at the call of the Chair if required, for the review of:
(i) reports of current accidents and occupational diseases, their causes and means of prevention;
(ii) remedial action taken or required by the reports of investigations or inspections;
(iii) any other matters pertaining to health and safety;
(e) record the minutes of the meetings, distribute to committee members and post on the Occupational Health & Safety bulletin b...
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. (a) It is a mutual interest of the parties to promote health and safety in workplaces and to prevent and reduce the occurrence of workplace injuries and occupational diseases. The parties agree that health and safety is of the utmost importance and agree to promote health and safety and wellness 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. Accordingly, the parties fully endorse the responsibilities of Employer and employee under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, making particular reference to the following: • The Employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25(2)(h)]. • When faced with occupational health and safety decisions, the Employer will not await full scientific or absolute certainty before taking reasonable actions(s) that reduces risk and protects nurses. • The Employer will make every attempt to ensure adequate stocks of the N95 respirator (or such other personal protective equipment as the parties may in writing agree) to be made available to nurses at short notice in the event there are reasonable indications of the emergence of a pandemic. • When the Employer receives written recommendations from a health and safety representative, that Employer shall respond in writing within twenty-one days. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 8(12)]. • The Employer’s response shall contain a timetable for implementing the recommendations the Employer agrees with and give reasons why the Employer disagrees with any of the recommendations that the Employer does not accept. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 8(13)].
(1) (a)].
(1) (b) • The employee shall not use or operate any equipment, machine, device or thing or work in a manner that may endanger himself, herself or any other worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 28(2)(b)].
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. The Employer and the Union agree to abide by and follow the provisions of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and a member of the Union or an alternate who are nurses of the Employer will be on the Occupational Health & Safety Committee. It is a mutual interest of the parties to promote health and safety in workplaces and to prevent and reduce the occurrence of workplace injuries and occupational diseases. The parties agree that health and safety is of the outmost importance and agree to promote health and safety and wellness throughout the organization. The Employer shall provide orientation and training in health and safety to new and current nurses on an ongoing basis and nurses shall attend required health and safety training sessions. Accordingly, the parties fully endorse the responsibilities of Employer and employee under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, making particular reference to the following:
(a) The Employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, S. 25 (2) (h)].
(b) When faced with occupational health and safety decisions, the Employer will not await full scientific or absolute certainty before taking reasonable action(s) that reduces risk and protects nurses.
(c) The Employer will make every attempt to ensure adequate stocks of the N95 respirator (or such other personal protective equipment as the parties may in writing agree) to be made available to nurses at short notice in the event there are reasonable indications of the emergence of a pandemic.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. (a) It is a mutual interest of the parties to promote health and safety in workplaces and to prevent and reduce the occurrence of workplace injuries and occupational diseases. The parties agree that health and safety is of the utmost importance and agree to promote health and safety and wellness throughout the Employer. 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. Accordingly, the parties fully endorse the responsibilities of Employer and employee under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, making particular reference to the following:
i) The Employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25(2)(h)].
ii) When faced with occupational health and safety decisions, the Employer will not await full scientific or absolute certainty before taking reasonable action(s) that reduces risk and protects nurses.
iii) The Employer will make every attempt to ensure adequate stocks of the N95 respirator (or such other personal protective equipment as the parties may in writing agree) to be made available to nurses at short notice in the event there are reasonable indications of the emergence of a pandemic.
iv) When the Employer receives written recommendations from a health and safety representative, that Employer shall respond in writing within twenty-one days (21). [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 8(12)].
v) The Employer’s response shall contain a timetable for implementing the recommendations the Employer agrees with and give reasons why the Employer disagrees with any of the recommendations that the Employer does not accept. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 8(13)].
vi) The Employer shall ensure that the equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25(1)(a)].
vii) The employee shall use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the Employer requires to be used or worn. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 28(1)(b)
viii) The employee shall not use or operate any equipment, machine, device or thing or work in a manner that may endanger themselves or any other worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 28(2)(b)].
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. (a) The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Corporation in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness.
(b) Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Corporation agrees to accept as a member of its Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee at least two representatives selected or appointed by the Union from among the bargaining unit employees.
(c) Such Committee shall identify potential damages and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programs, and recommend actions to be taken to improve conditions related to safety and health.
(d) The Corporation agrees to co-operate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the Committee to fulfill its functions.
(e) Meetings shall be held every second month or more frequently at the call of the Chair if required. The Committee shall maintain Minutes of all meetings and make the same available for review.
(f) Any representative appointed or selected in accordance with (b) hereof shall serve for a term of one calendar year from the date of appointment which may be renewed for further periods of one year. Time off shall be granted for such representative(s) attending such meetings during their regularly scheduled hours of work and they shall not lose regular earnings as a result of such attendance.
(g) The Union agrees to endeavor to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. (a) It is the responsibility of the Employer to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all of its employees and it is incumbent upon the Employer and the employees to ensure that such an environment is maintained at all times. The Union and the Employer agree to cooperate in improving rules and practices to ensure a safe working environment.
(b) The Employer will continue the operation of the Workplace Health and Safety Committee and to provide employees access to the Employer’s Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual.
(c) The Employer shall recognize at least one (1) employee from the bargaining unit to represent the employees on the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.
(d) The Employer, the Union, and the employees recognize they are bound by the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Nova Scotia.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. 29.01 The Association and the Local agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Association in order to prevent accidents, injury, and illness.
29.02 Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Association agrees to form a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee in accordance with the above- mentioned legislation.
29.03 Such a 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 safety and health.
29.04 The Association agrees to co-operate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the committee to fulfill its functions.
29.05 The terms of reference, procedures and methods of operation shall be determined by the joint committee.
29.06 Time off to attend meetings of the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee, shall be granted, in accordance with the foregoing, and time used by any representatives attending such meetings shall be considered as work time.
29.07 The Local agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices.
Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. In ensuring a safe work environment, as far as is reasonably practicable, the Employer, Union and Employees recognize the provisions of the Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Act, Regulations and Safety Code thereunder. The Employer, Union and Employees have responsibility for safety in the workplace.
