Common use of Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees Clause in Contracts

Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties agree that the intent of this agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have the maximum possible access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees will be established and operated as outlined below: (a) Union representatives shall be employees at the workplace appointed by the Union, and Authority representatives shall be appointed by the Authority. (b) The Committees will function in accordance with the regulations made pursuant to the Workers Compensation Act, and will participate in developing a program to reduce risk of occupational injury and illness. All minutes of the meetings of the Committees shall be recorded on a mutually agreed to form and shall be sent to the Union and the Authority. (1) The Authority shall initiate and maintain, at each worksite, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees where there is: (i) a workforce of 20 or more workers; (ii) Where workforce numbers are less than the minimum requirements of (i), local committees may be established to encompass more than one worksite within a headquarters or geographic location. Worksite combinations may be mutually agreed at the local level. Where mutual agreement cannot be reached at the local level, then either party may refer the matter to the Advisory Team established in Clause 22.2. (iii) Notwithstanding (ii) above, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees may, by mutual agreement between the designated representatives of the parties, extend the jurisdictional area for committee representation. (2) At any worksite where a committee has not been established pursuant to (1) above, a less formal program shall be maintained in accordance with the Workers' Compensation Board Industrial Health and Safety Regulations, Section 4, Clause 4.02(3). For the purpose of assisting in the administration of this program, the Authority will recognize an employee at that worksite designated by the Union who will function as a safety representative of the employees. Records of the meetings and matters discussed shall be forwarded to the Union and the nearest local Committee established in (1) above. (d) Employees who are representatives of the Committee shall not suffer any loss of basic pay for the time spent attending a committee meeting, job site inspection or accident investigation in accordance with WCB Regulations. (e) Committee meetings shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. Time spent by designated committee members attending meetings held on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked, but such committee members shall receive equivalent time off at straight-time. (f) Other committee business in accordance with (d) above shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. When no other union designated committee member or union designated employee is available, time spent by employees attending to this committee business on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked but such employees shall receive equivalent time off at straight-time.

Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties agree that the intent of this agreement Agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have the maximum possible access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees will be established and operated as outlined below: (a) Union representatives shall be employees at the workplace appointed by the Union, and Authority representatives shall be appointed by the Authority. (b) The Committees committees will function in accordance with the regulations made pursuant to the Workers Compensation Act, and will participate in developing a program to reduce risk of occupational injury and illness. All minutes of the meetings of the Committees committees shall be recorded on a mutually agreed to form and shall be sent to the Union and the Authority. (1) The Authority shall initiate and maintain, at each worksite, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees where there is: (i) a workforce of 20 or more workers; (ii) Where workforce numbers are less than the minimum requirements of (i), local committees may be established to encompass more than one worksite within a headquarters or geographic location. Worksite combinations may be mutually agreed at the local level. Where mutual agreement cannot be reached at the local level, then either party may refer the matter to the Advisory Team established in Clause 22.2. (iii) Notwithstanding (ii) above, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees may, by mutual agreement between the designated representatives of the parties, extend the jurisdictional area for committee representation. (2) At any worksite where a committee has not been established pursuant to (1) above, a less formal program shall be maintained in accordance with the Workers' Compensation Board Industrial Health and Safety Regulations, Section 4, Clause 4.02(3). For the purpose of assisting in the administration of this program, the Authority will recognize an employee at that worksite designated by the Union who will function as a safety representative of the employees. Records of the meetings and matters discussed shall be forwarded to the Union and the nearest local Committee committee established in (1) above. (d) Employees who are representatives of the Committee shall not suffer any loss of basic pay for the time spent attending a committee meeting, job site inspection or accident investigation in accordance with WCB Regulations. (e) Committee meetings shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. Time spent by designated committee members attending meetings held on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked, but such committee members shall receive equivalent time off at straight-time. (f) Other committee business in accordance with (d) above shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. When no other union designated committee member or union designated employee is available, time spent by employees attending to this committee business on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked but such employees shall receive equivalent time off at straight-time.

Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties Parties agree that the intent of this agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have the maximum possible access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees will be established and operated as outlined below: (a) Union representatives shall be employees at the workplace work place appointed by the Union, and Authority Employer representatives shall be appointed by the AuthorityEmployer. (b) The Committees will function in accordance with the regulations made pursuant to the Workers Workers' Compensation Act, and will participate in developing a program to reduce risk of occupational injury and illness. All minutes of the meetings of the Committees shall be recorded on a mutually agreed to form and shall be sent to the Union and the AuthorityEmployer. (1) The Authority Employer shall initiate and maintain, at each worksite, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees where there is: (i) a workforce work force of 20 25 or more workers;workers in an operation or work area classified as "C" (low) hazard by WCB First Aid Regulations. (ii) Where workforce work force numbers are less than the minimum requirements of (i) and (ii), local committees Local Committees may be established to encompass more than one worksite within a headquarters or geographic location. Worksite combinations may be mutually agreed at the local level. Where mutual agreement cannot be reached at the local level, then either party Party may refer the matter to the Advisory Team Provincial Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee established in Clause 22.223.2. (iii) Notwithstanding (iiiii) above, Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees may, by mutual agreement between the designated representatives of the partiesParties, extend the jurisdictional area for committee Committee representation. (2) At any worksite where a committee Committee has not been established pursuant to (1) above, a less formal program shall be maintained in accordance with the Workers' Compensation Board Industrial Health and Safety Regulations, Section 4, Clause 4.02(3). For the purpose of assisting in the administration of this program, the Authority Employer will recognize an employee at that worksite designated by the Union who will function as a safety representative of the employees. Records of the meetings and matters discussed shall be forwarded to the Union and the nearest local Local Committee established in (1) above. (d) Employees who are representatives of the Committee shall not suffer any loss of basic pay for the time spent attending a committee Committee meeting, job site inspection or accident investigation in accordance with WCB Regulations. (e) Committee meetings shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. Time spent by designated committee Committee members attending meetings held on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked, but such committee Committee members shall receive equivalent time off at straight-straight time. (f) Other committee Committee business in accordance with (d) above shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever practicable. When no other union Union designated committee Committee member or union Union designated employee is available, time spent by employees attending to this committee Committee business on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked but such employees shall receive equivalent time off at straight-straight time.