SELECTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. (a) The Employer and the Union agree to establish and maintain a Joint Health and Safety Committee consisting of a total of twenty-four (24) members with equal representation. The Union will endeavour to equalize representation of worker representatives across as many of the unionized departments as possible. (b) The Union will select/elect its worker representatives that will sit on the JHSC for a period of two (2) consecutive years. (c) The Union will advise the Employer in writing of the names of those employees selected/elected and the Employer will likewise advise in writing the Union of the names of management members selected. (d) (1999) Two co-chairpersons shall be selected from the members of the Committee. One of the co-chairpersons shall be a union member chosen by the Union. The other co-chairperson shall be a Employer member. (e) Four (4) Members on each side shall either possess or work towards attainment of the “Certified” Health and Safety certificate as defined and authorized under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. (f) A member who misses three (3) meetings, without a justifiable reason within a one (1) year period, shall be automatically removed from the JHSC and replaced by either a worker representative or a management representative, whichever the case may be. The name of the replacement shall be supplied in writing to the other party. Furthermore, said removed member shall not be entitled to be a future member of the JHSC for a period of two (2) years. (g) If a JHSC member is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting, he or she is to advise his or her respective committee co-chairperson of the absence as soon as possible. A JHSC member who is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting may appoint only a designated substitute to take his or her place at the scheduled meeting.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SELECTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. (a) The Employer and the Union agree to establish and maintain a Joint Health and Safety Committee consisting of a total of twenty-four (24) members with equal representation. The Union will endeavour to equalize representation of worker representatives across as many of the unionized departments as possible.
(b) The Union will select/elect its worker representatives that will sit on the JHSC for a period of two (2) consecutive years.
(c) The Union will advise the Employer in writing of the names of those employees selected/elected and the Employer will likewise advise in writing the Union of the names of management members selected.
(d) (1999) Two co-chairpersons shall be selected from the members of the Committee. One of the co-chairpersons shall be a union member chosen by the Union. The other co-chairperson shall be a Employer member.
(e) Four (4) Members on each side shall either possess or work towards attainment of the “Certified” Health and Safety certificate as defined and authorized under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
(f) A member who misses three (3) meetings, without a justifiable reason within a one (1) year period, shall be automatically removed from the JHSC and replaced by either a worker representative or a management representative, whichever which ever the case may be. The name of the replacement shall be supplied in writing to the other party. Furthermore, said removed member shall not be entitled to be a future member of the JHSC for a period of two (2) years.
(g) If a JHSC member is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting, he or she is to advise his or her respective committee co-chairperson of the absence as soon as possible. A JHSC member who is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting may appoint only a designated substitute to take his or her place at the scheduled meeting.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SELECTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. (a) The Employer and the Union agree to establish and maintain a Joint Health and Safety Committee consisting of a total of twenty-four (24) members with equal representation. The Union will endeavour to equalize representation of worker representatives across as many of the unionized departments as possible.
(b) The Union will select/elect its worker representatives that will sit on the JHSC for a period of two (2) consecutive years.
(c) The Union will advise the Employer in writing of the names of those employees selected/elected and the Employer will likewise advise in writing the Union of the names of management members selected.
(d) (1999) Two co-chairpersons shall be selected from the members of the Committee. One of the co-chairpersons shall be a union member chosen by the Union. The other co-chairperson shall be a an Employer member.
(e) Four (4) Members on each side shall either possess or work towards attainment of the “Certified” Health and Safety certificate as defined and authorized under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
(f) A member who misses three (3) meetings, without a justifiable reason within a one (1) year period, shall be automatically removed from the JHSC and replaced by either a worker representative or a management representative, whichever the case may be. The name of the replacement shall be supplied in writing to the other party. Furthermore, said removed member shall not be entitled to be a future member of the JHSC for a period of two (2) years.
(g) If a JHSC member is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting, he or she is to advise his or her respective committee co-chairperson of the absence as soon as possible. A JHSC member who is unable to attend a scheduled JHSC meeting may appoint only a designated substitute to take his or her place at the scheduled meeting.
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Samples: Collective Agreement