Modified/Transitional Work Program. Where organizationally and operationally feasible, a modified/transitional work program shall be jointly established and maintained to assist in accommodating all employees with occupationally and non-occupationally related disabilities. Where the Employer and the Union agree, the Employer may implement modified/transitional work programs in order to assist Employees returning to work following illness or injury. To facilitate these programs, it is understood and agreed that provisions of this Agreement may, where agreed, be varied. The Employer, the Union and the employee will sign the specific terms of the program including the time period after which the modified/transitional work arrangement will be reviewed. No Employee shall be discriminated against or harassed because he or she has become disabled or ill. All injured Employees shall be treated in compliance with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the Collective Agreement and other relevant legislation. The parties will endeavour to provide fair and consistent practices to accommodate Employees who are ill, injured or permanently disabled. An Employee’s disability or illness shall be accommodated with work that has been modified to allow the worker to perform the work without risk of injury or illness to the Employee or the Employee’s co-workers. The work shall be modified without introducing new hazards into the workplace. Work shall be modified in accordance with sound occupational health and safety principles in an effort to adapt the workplace to promote the highest degree of emotional and physical wellbeing of the injured Employee. Prior to the Employee’s entry into a modified/transitional work program, the Employer shall conduct the following assessments in consultation with the employee and his/her treating physician:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Modified/Transitional Work Program. Where organizationally and operationally feasible, a modified/transitional work program shall be jointly established and maintained to assist in accommodating all employees with occupationally and non-occupationally related disabilities. Where the Employer and the Union agree, the Employer may implement modified/transitional work programs in order to assist Employees returning to work following illness or injury. To facilitate these programs, it is understood and agreed that provisions of this Agreement may, where agreed, be varied. The Employer, the Union and the employee will sign the specific terms of the program including the time period after which the modified/transitional work arrangement will be reviewed. No Employee shall be discriminated against or harassed because he or she has become disabled or ill. All injured Employees shall be treated in compliance with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the Collective Agreement and other relevant legislation. The parties will endeavour to provide fair and consistent practices to accommodate Employees who are ill, injured or permanently disabled. An Employee’s disability or illness shall be accommodated with work that has been modified to allow the worker to perform the work without risk of injury or illness to the Employee or the Employee’s co-workers. The work shall be modified without introducing new hazards into the workplace. Work shall be modified in accordance with sound occupational health and safety principles in an effort to adapt the workplace to promote the highest degree of emotional and physical wellbeing well being of the injured Employee. Prior to the Employee’s entry into a modified/transitional work program, the Employer shall conduct the following assessments in consultation with the employee and his/her treating physician:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
