Common use of Safety and Health Committees Clause in Contracts

Safety and Health Committees. .01 While the question of safety is of paramount importance to all personnel, Supervisors are specifically charged with the duty of initiating and monitoring all practices necessary to ensure the safety and health of employees as well as ensuring the safety of all equipment. .02 Supervisors must be especially vigilant regarding both unsafe work habits of employees and work conditions and are required to act on any report by an employee of an unsafe work habit or condition. .03 An employee who observes an unsafe condition or act that he/she cannot personally correct shall notify his/her Supervisor or refer it to his/her Xxxxxxx who will advise the Supervisor. Where the employee or the Xxxxxxx is not satisfied that the Supervisor has in a reasonable period of time effectively dealt with the situation, the matter shall be referred to the appropriate Safety and Health Committee. .04 Where the Company has, in accordance with the code, authorized the establishment of a Committee, it shall consist of a number of employees who exercise managerial functions and a number who do not; at least half of the members must be employees who do not exercise managerial functions and have been selected by the Union.