SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY Sample Clauses

SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY. 12:01 It is agreed that the Employer and Employee shall maintain and abide by safety regulations, acts or requirements established by job conditions and applicable Provincial and Federal legislation. 12:02 Both the Employer and the Union recognize the mutual value of improving, by all proper and reasonable means, the safety and productivity of the individual worker and shall co-operate to promote such increased safety and productivity in order to enhance the best interests of the industry. 12:03 The Union shall place no limitations upon the amount of work which an Employee shall perform during the working day and there shall be no restriction imposed against the use of any type of machinery, tools, or labour saving devices. 12:04 It is understood and agreed that the Employers shall at all times comply with the Accident Prevention Regulations made pursuant to the current Occupational Health and Safety provisions of the Saskatchewan Employment Act and any refusal on the part of the worker to work or to continue work in contravention of such regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement. 12:05 Tools shall be well maintained and in safe operating condition.
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SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY. 1. Safety is the Company’s most important priority and accordingly the responsibility of both management and of every employee. In furtherance of this priority, both the Company and each employee shall strive to maintain safe and healthful conditions to protect all employees from injury. It is the desire of both parties to this Agreement to maintain high standards of safety in the operations of the Company in order to eliminate, as far as possible, industrial accidents and illnesses. 2. The Company, Union and employees shall work together and cooperate in maintaining workplace safety. The Union and employees recognize their duty and responsibility to assist in maintaining safe, sanitary and healthful conditions. 3. Employees shall obey all of the Company safety rules and operational procedures. The Company will provide or make available a written and or electronic copy of all the Company safety rules and operational procedures. 4. The Company, Union, and the employees agree to comply with all state and federal laws, regulations rules, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. 5. Employees are expected to report unsafe areas, conditions, equipment, and tools to their immediate supervisor. An employee with a concern about or knowledge of a potential safety problem in any facet of the Company's operation should immediately alert his supervisor for investigation and/or corrective action. 6. Each employee has the responsibility to work in a safe manner and remove or eliminate hazardous conditions or equipment or unsafe acts within that employee's control. 7. All employees will be treated with dignity and respect during the investigation of safety concerns. No employee will be disciplined for timely calling to the attention of the Company any actual or potential safety concern. 8. Employees shall wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided by the Company. 9. Employees shall immediately report to management any accident or injury, major or minor, which may occur. If so directed, the employee will report immediately to designated medical personnel. 10. The Company has the ultimate responsibility and shall make the final determination on all matters of safety and safety rules. 11. The Company shall remove from the workplace any employee that it reasonably believes presents a safety risk to its employees or customers. As soon as possible after the removal of an employee the Company will notify a Union representative of the circumst...
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SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY. 14:01 It is agreed that Employers and Employees shall maintain and abide by all site safety regulations as established by the Owner or Project Manager and all applicable provincial and/or federal safety legislation. 14:02 The parties to this agreement recognize the mutual value of improving, by all proper and reasonable means, the safety of the individual worker and shall participate in and promote the following: All employees shall be certified in Safety Orientation. Safety Orientation shall consist of three parts: PART 1 - the CODC Interactive Rights and Responsibilities course; PART 2 - the Vicom Safe-T-Disc CSTS course or equivalent, and PART 3 - Employer or Owner Project Specific Training. It is the responsibility of each Employee to hold current certification and maintain certification in Part 1 and Part 2. The Employer or Owner shall provide to each employee before commencing work with Part 3 - Employer or Owner Project Specific Training. Each Employee shall be on the payroll and paid while receiving Part 3 training. The CODC Harassment Policy and Procedures, including the provision regarding General Harassment, and as amended from time to time shall be the minimum standard of the Agreement. Training and certification of employees in Safety Orientation, Part 1 and Part 2, confined space entry, use of personal protective equipment and airfed equipment shall be provided through the Training Trust Fund. 14:03 It is understood and agreed that the Employers and employees shall at all times comply with the Accident Prevention Regulations and pursuant to the current Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety Act, and any refusal on the part of the worker to work or to continue to work in contravention of such regulation shall not be deemed to be breach of this Agreement. The Employer, as a matter of policy, will conduct regular safety meetings. 14:04 An Employee who is injured while working for the Employer and who is sent home because of such injury shall receive pay up to the end of the shift in which he was injured. The Xxxxxxx will be allowed time to the injured worker's personal belongings as soon as possible after the accident and if the case warrants it, the Employer shall designate someone to accompany the injured worker to the doctor or hospital without loss of pay for the regular shift.
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SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY. Section 1 (A) The Union shall have two (2) representatives on a Committee to be known as the Committee on Safety and Productivity. The time spent by members in attending the meetings of this committee called by the City shall be charged against the Union business leave time set forth in Article 6, Section 3. It is understood that the balance of the committee will consist of two (2) members to be named by the Chief of Police and two (2) members to be named by the Mayor of the City. Meetings of the Committee shall be called by the chairperson thereof, at least quarterly, in each calendar year. The chairperson shall be named by the Mayor of the City from amongst the six (6) committee members and may vote to break ties. (B) In addition to the two (2) representatives named above, the Union may appoint two (2) representatives to the committee who may attend all committee meetings. It is understood that two (2) Union representatives may not vote at any meetings.
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SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY. The City of Hermiston and the Association recognize a responsibility to the citizens of Hermiston and the City’s employees to maintain safe and productive working conditions. The parties also recognize the special duties and responsibilities that public safety employees have, including the need to maintain the respect and confidence of the citizenry.
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Related to SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY

  • Safety Glasses Section 1. The City shall supply prescription safety glasses with plastic lenses to employees who are required to wear safety glasses and who are members of the classifications contained in Appendix C to this contract. Safety glasses which are authorized must be industrial grade safety glasses which meet or exceed the requirements of ANSI Specification Z87. 1. All employees who are required to wear safety glasses shall also be required to wear side xxxxxxx, either permanent or snap-on, whenever an eye hazard exists. Solid tinted glasses will not be approved unless required by prescription. Photogray, progressive, scratch coating and/or anti-glare lenses may be considered for those employees who primarily work outdoors or as prescribed. In the event that additional classes are identified as needing either prescription safety glasses or protective eyewear, such classes may be added to the classification list in Appendix C upon approval of PAGE and the City. Section 2. The City agrees to pay the full cost of required prescription safety glasses, with frames not to exceed $75.00. This excludes the cost of the eye examination which will be the responsibility of the employee. The effected employees will be allowed one (1) replacement of safety glasses every two (2) years. In the event the safety glasses become lost, unserviceable, or broken on the job, the employee must present a written request for replacement to the Department Head and Human Resources Director. If the employee breaks his safety glasses while on the job, the Department shall replace the glasses at no cost to the employee. The replacement of lost glasses or glasses that are broken off the job will be at the discretion of the Department Head and Human Resources Director. If an employee has been provided safety glasses by the City, the employee shall be permitted to retain possession of the glasses after separation from the City without reimbursing the City for any costs associated with the glasses. Section 3. An employee who is required to wear prescription safety glasses must present a written request to his department head or designated representative. Section 4. The employee must obtain a current prescription and the employee is authorized the use of sick leave not to exceed two (2) hours to accomplish this examination. The employee will obtain a purchase order from the Department Head prior to ordering the safety glasses. The employee will present the purchase order to the appropriate vendor when ordering. The vendor will contact the appropriate Department Head when the glasses are ready for delivery. The Department Head will then notify the employee who will present himself at the vendor for fitting and pickup. Section 5. In the event a probationary employee has been issued safety glasses and terminates his employment with the City for any reason during the probationary period, he shall be required to reimburse the City for any expenses incurred in the purchase of safety glasses.

  • Safety and Protection Where applicable, the PERFORMING PARTY shall be responsible for requiring employees, contractors, and subcontractors to maintain and supervise all necessary safety precautions and programs in connection with the Grant Activities. The PERFORMING PARTY shall take all necessary precautions to protect the health and safety of the public during performance of the Grant Activities.

  • Safety Footwear Employees who are required by the Employer to wear safety footwear, shall be reimbursed for actual footwear costs to a maximum of $175.00 (tax inc.) per year.

  • Safety Where an employee is prevented from working at the employee’s particular function as a result of unsafe conditions caused by the inclement weather, the employee may be transferred to other work in the employee’s classification on site, until the unsafe conditions are rectified. Where such alternative is not available and until the unsafe conditions are rectified, the employee shall remain on site. The employee shall be paid for such time without reduction of the employees’ inclement weather entitlement.

  • Health and Safety Plan Consultant shall prepare and submit a Health and Safety Plan (“HASP”) for the portion of Consultant’s work that will involve field work, assessments, or investigations of certain Project elements. The HASP shall describe how Consultant plans to complete field work, assessments, and/or investigations at the RWF. Consultant’s HASP must comply with the CIP HASP and shall be updated as new conditions are encountered.

  • Prescription Safety Glasses Prescription safety glasses will be furnished by the employer. The employer retains the authority to establish reasonable rules and procedures regarding frequency of issue, replacement of damaged glasses, limits on reimbursement costs and coordination with the employer's vision plan.

  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 34.01 The parties recognize the need for a safe and healthy workplace. The Employer shall be responsible for providing safe and healthy working conditions. The Employer and Employees will take all reasonable steps to eliminate, reduce or minimize all workplace safety hazards. Occupational health and safety education, training and instruction provided by the Employer, shall be paid at the Basic Rate of Pay, to fulfill the requirements for training, instruction or education set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation or Code. (a) There shall be an Occupational Health and Safety Committee (Committee), which shall be composed of representatives of the Employer and representatives of the Local and may include others representing recognized functional bargaining units. This Committee shall meet once a month, and in addition shall meet within 10 days of receiving a written complaint regarding occupational health or safety. An Employee shall be paid the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay for attendance at Committee meetings. A request to establish separate committees for each site or grouping of sites shall not be unreasonably denied. The Employer shall provide training at no cost to all Employees on the Committee to assist them in performing their duties on the Committee. Training shall be paid at the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay. (b) Minutes of each meeting shall be taken and shall be approved by the Employer, the Local, and other bargaining groups, referred to in (a), prior to circulation. (c) The purpose of the Committee is to consider such matters as occupational health and safety and the Local may make recommendations to the Employer in that regard. (d) If an issue arises regarding occupational health or safety, the Employee or the Local shall first seek to resolve the issue through discussion with the applicable immediate supervisor in an excluded management position. If the issue is not resolved satisfactorily, it may then be forwarded in writing to the Committee. (e) The Committee shall also consider measures necessary to ensure the security of each Employee on the Employer’s premises and the Local may make recommendations to the Employer in that regard. (f) (i) Should an issue not be resolved by the Committee, the issue shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A resolution meeting between the Local and the CEO, or designate(s), shall take place within 21 calendar days of the issue being referred to the CEO. The CEO or designate(s) shall reply in writing to the Local within seven (7) calendar days of the resolution meeting.

  • Safety Boots Each employee, after 3 months’ continuous service, will be reimbursed (on production of a receipt), the cost of one pair of safety boots (approved by the employer), in each year, to a maximum of $110.00. All protective clothing such as wet weather jackets, safety helmets, welding jackets, welding xxxxxxx, welding gauntlets, rubber boots, etc, (which remain the property of the Company), will be supplied on all occasions deemed necessary.

  • Environmental Health and Safety i. Environment, Health and Safety Performance. Seller acknowledges and accepts full and sole responsibility to maintain an environment, health and safety management system ("EMS") appropriate for its business throughout the performance of this Contract. Buyer expects that Seller’s EMS shall promote health and safety, environmental stewardship, and pollution prevention by appropriate source reduction strategies. Seller shall convey the requirement of this clause to its suppliers. Seller shall not deliver goods that contain asbestos mineral fibers.

  • Environmental, Health and Safety Matters Except as set forth in Section 3.18 of the Sellers Disclosure Letter: (a) The Transferred Entities are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, including holding and complying in all material respects with all permits, certificates, licenses, approvals, registrations and authorizations required under Environmental Laws for their operations. (b) The Transferred Entities are not subject to any pending Action or written notice from a Governmental Entity alleging that the Transferred Entities are in violation of, or have liability under, any Environmental Law. (c) To the Knowledge of Sellers, there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials at any Business Real Property in an amount, manner or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Transferred Entities under applicable Environmental Laws. (d) Sellers have made available to Purchasers copies of all material written environmental assessments, audits, and reports in their possession and relating to the Business or any Business Real Property. (e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Transferred Entities have any outstanding material indemnification obligation, or any unresolved material enforcement action or liability, pursuant to any Environmental Law, including but not limited to, any investigation, cleanup, removal action, response action, remediation, or corrective action obligation, relating to the Business Real Property or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, to any (i) formerly owned or operated property, or (ii) offsite disposal location. (f) None of the Transferred Entities has treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled, or released any Hazardous Material in material violation of any Environmental Laws, or in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability (including, but not limited to, any material obligation to conduct an investigation, cleanup, removal action, response action, remediation or corrective action) to any of the Transferred Entities under applicable Environmental Laws. (g) To the Knowledge of Sellers, neither this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will result in any obligations for site investigation or cleanup, or notification to or consent of any Governmental Entity or third parties, pursuant to any of the so-called “transaction-triggered” or “responsible property transfer” Environmental Laws.

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