Personal Alarms Sample Clauses

Personal Alarms. A. The departments having twenty-four (24)-hour institutions shall keep the Union informed, upon request, of the progress of personal alarms being tested, manufactured, or being considered for use within said institutions. The State shall meet with a Union representative before the devices are provided to employees. B. Any institution currently providing such personal alarm devices will continue to do so.

Personal Alarms. A. A department shall make available to all employees who have contact or a work assignment with inmates, wards, forensic clients or forensic patients, in areas equipped with an alarm, a personal alarm transmitter. The transmitter shall be tested regularly. If a log of the testing is maintained by the department, the Union shall have the right to inspect this log upon written request. The parties agree concerns in this area are appropriate subjects for priority consideration by the appropriate Joint Labor/Management Health and Safety Committee. B. The departments having twenty-four (24) hour institutions shall keep the Union informed, upon request, of the progress of personal alarms being tested, manufactured, or being considered for use within said institutions. The State shall meet with a Union representative before the devices are provided to employees. C. Any institution currently providing such personal alarm devices will continue to do so. D. This provision shall not supersede an existing departmental or institutional policy governing the use of personal alarms.