Pandemic and Epidemic Plans Sample Clauses

Pandemic and Epidemic Plans. (a) No later than 90 days following Financial Close, Project Co shall, at its cost, submit a plan to Contracting Authority that sets out the activities and reporting to Contracting Authority that Project Co will implement as part of the Works to prepare for and respond to any potential or actual pandemic or epidemic that may affect the Works (including the COVID-19 pandemic or any subsequent outbreak of COVID-19) and satisfies the requirements of Section 11.27(b) (the “Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan”). (b) The Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan shall, at a minimum, satisfy the following requirements: (i) the detailed steps Project Co and its Subcontractors have undertaken and will undertake to prepare for and respond to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or any potential future pandemic or epidemic that could occur and affect the Works, including a subsequent outbreak of COVID-19; and (ii) in the event that, at any time during the Project Term, a specific pandemic or epidemic (including the COVID-19 pandemic or subsequent outbreak of COVID-19) is reasonably foreseeable and imminently likely to occur and affect the Works, Project Co shall update its Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan accordingly, which shall, at a minimum, satisfy the requirements set out in Section 11.27(a), and be applicable mutatis mutandis in respect of such pandemic or epidemic. (c) The Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan and all updates to such plan shall be subject to review by Contracting Authority pursuant to Schedule 10 – Review Procedure. (d) In the event that, at any time prior to Substantial Completion, a specific pandemic or epidemic (including the COVID-19 pandemic or any subsequent outbreak of COVID- 19) is reasonably foreseeable and likely to occur and affect the Works or otherwise occurs and affects the Works, Project Co shall, at its cost, promptly (at the request of Contracting Authority or on its volition) update the Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan on a monthly basis and submit each update with the next Works Report until such time as the Parties agree, acting reasonably, that either the pandemic or epidemic will not occur and affect the Works or such epidemic or pandemic has ended, no longer affects the Works and no further updates to such plan are required. Following the review by Contracting Authority of each updated Pandemic and Epidemic Response and Mitigation Plan pursuant to S...
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  • Infectious Diseases The Employer and the Union desire to arrest the spread of infectious diseases in the nursing home. To achieve this objective, the Joint Health and Safety Committee may review and offer input into infection control programs and protocols including surveillance, outbreak control, isolation, precautions, worker education and training, and personal protective equipment. The Employer will provide training and ongoing education in communicable disease recognition, use of personal protective equipment, decontamination of equipment, and disposal of hazardous waste.

  • Joint Health and Safety Committee (a) The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of occupational health and safety in the organization, in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness. The parties agree to promote health and safety 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. (b) Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Employer agrees to accept as a member of its Joint Health and Safety Committee, at least one representative from the bargaining unit. The number of committee members will be no less than that determined by legislation and the bargaining unit will be entitled to the same membership as any other employee group on the committees. The Union shall notify the employer of their representatives. (c) 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 occupational health and safety. (d) The Employer agrees to cooperate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the Committee to fulfill its functions. The Committee shall respect the confidentiality of the information. (e) The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full cooperation of its membership in the observation of all safety rules and practices. (f) Meetings shall be held every third month or more frequently at the call of either co-chair, if required. The Committee shall keep Minutes of all meetings and make the Minutes available for review. (g) All time spent by a member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee attending meetings of the Committee and carrying out the members duties, shall be deemed to be time worked for which the member shall be paid by the Employer at the member's applicable rate of pay, and the member shall be entitled to such time from the member's work as necessary for those duties. (h) The employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25

  • Health and Safety Committee The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home in order to prevent injury and illness. (a) A joint management and employee health and safety committee shall be constituted, with representation of at least half by employees from the bargaining unit, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and to the Union. Two (2) representatives from the Joint Health and Safety Committee, one (1) from management and one (1) from the employees, shall make monthly inspection of the workplace and equipment and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspections. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified, and if available, shall assist in investigating and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a Ministry of Labour inspector and shall have the right, if on shift, to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled times spent in all such activities shall be considered as time worked. Employees who are not direct care employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances. (b) Union staff or Union Health and Safety advisors or consultants shall be provided access to the workplace, with the approval of the Administrator if required to attend Health and Safety Committee meetings, or for inspecting, investigating or monitoring the workplace. (c) Union members of the Health and Safety Committee shall be entitled to time off from work with no loss of seniority or earnings to attend seminars sponsored by government agencies or the Union for instruction and upgrading on Health and Safety matters. Such time off shall be at the discretion of the Administrator and shall not be the subject matter of a grievance. (d) The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the representatives thereof shall have reasonable access to the annual summary of data from the Workers' Compensation Board relating to the number of work accidents, fatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data, as the Workers' Compensation Board may decide to disclose. (e) The Employer shall make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees who are not direct care employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances.

  • Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults The Supplier will comply with all applicable legislation and codes of practice, including, where applicable, all legislation and statutory guidance relevant to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and with the British Council’s Child Protection Policy, as notified to the Supplier and amended from time to time, which the Supplier acknowledges may include submitting to a check by the UK Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) or the equivalent local service; in addition, the Supplier will ensure that, where it engages any other party to supply any of the Services under this Agreement, that that party will also comply with the same requirements as if they were a party to this Agreement.

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