Violence in the Workplace Policies Sample Clauses

Violence in the Workplace Policies. The Employer agrees to have policies and procedures to deal with violence in the workplace. The policies will address the prevention of violence, the management of violent situations and support to employees who have faced violence. Said policies and procedures to be reviewed and addressed at the Joint Health and Safety Committee, as necessary. These policies, measures and procedures shall be communicated to all employees and all employees will receive training and education on them. This training will also be done during a new employee’s orientation and updated as required. The Employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and Union in writing of all incidents related to violence within four (4) days in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. For critical injuries, the Employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and the Union immediately and in writing within 48 hours in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In the event of actual or potential risk to personal safety, including violence or threatened violence, the Employer will act immediately to reduce and/or eliminate the risk. All actions taken will be directed by policy and procedure and can include activities from negotiating with the Client for a change in practice to withdrawal of services. The Employer will discuss details of the occurrence and actions taken to prevent a recurrence with the Union in a timely manner respecting confidentiality of all parties.
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Violence in the Workplace Policies. The Employer agrees to have policies and procedures to deal with violence in the workplace. The policies will address the prevention of violence, the management of violent situations and support to employees who have faced violence. Said policies and procedures to be reviewed and addressed at the Joint Health and Safety Committee as necessary. The employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and union in writing of all incidents related to violence within 4 days in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. For critical injuries the employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and the union immediately and in writing within 48 hours in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In the event of actual or potential risk to personal safety, including violence or threatened violence, the employer will act immediately to reduce and/or eliminate the risk. All actions taken will be directed by policy and procedure and can include activities from negotiating with the Client for a change in practice to withdrawal of services. The employer will discuss details of the occurrence and actions taken to prevent a recurrence with the Union in a timely manner respecting confidentiality of all parties.
Sample 1
Violence in the Workplace Policies. The Employer agrees to have policies and procedures to deal with violence in the workplace. The policies will address the prevention of violence, the management of violent situations and support to employees who have faced violence. Said policies and procedures to be reviewed and addressed at the Joint Health and Safety Committee as necessary. These policies, measures and procedures shall be communicated to all employees and all employees will receive training and education on them. This training will also be done during a new employee’s orientation and updated as required. The employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and union in writing of all incidents related to violence within 4 days in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. For critical injuries the employer will notify the Joint Health and Safety Committee and the union immediately and in writing within 48 hours in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In the event of actual or potential risk to personal safety, including violence or threatened violence, the employer will act immediately to reduce and/or eliminate the risk. All actions taken will be directed by policy and procedure and can include activities from negotiating with the Client for a change in practice to withdrawal of services. The employer will discuss details of the occurrence and actions taken to prevent a recurrence with the Union in a timely manner respecting confidentiality of all parties.
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Related to Violence in the Workplace Policies

  • Violence in the Workplace (a) The parties agree that violence shall be defined as any incident in which an employee is abused, threatened or assaulted while performing his or her work. The parties agree it includes the application of force, threats with or without weapons and severe verbal abuse. The parties agree that such incidents will not be condoned. Any employee who believes he/she has been subjected to such incident shall report this to a supervisor who will make every reasonable effort to rectify the situation. For purposes of sub-article (a) only, employees as referred to herein shall mean all employees of the Employer notwithstanding Article 2.12. (b) The Employer agrees to develop formalized policies and procedures in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee to deal with workplace violence. The policy will address the prevention of violence and the management of violent situations and support to employees who have faced workplace violence. These policies and procedures shall be communicated to all employees. The local parties will consider appropriate measures and procedures in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee to address violence in the workplace, which may include, among other measures and procedures: i) Alert employees about a person with a known history of aggressive and responsive behaviours and their known triggers by means of: A) electronic and/or other appropriate flagging systems, B) direct verbal communication / alerts (i.e. shift reports), ii) Communicate and provide appropriate training and education, iii) Reporting all incidents of workplace violence, iv) Long-term care home wide violence risk assessments. (c) The Employer will report all incidents of violence as defined herein to the Joint Health and Safety Committee for review. (d) The Employer agrees to provide training and information on the prevention of violence to all employees who come into contact with potentially aggressive persons. This training will be done during a new employee’s orientation and updated as required. (e) Subject to appropriate legislation, and with the employee’s consent, the Employer will inform the Union within three (3) days of any employee who has been subjected to violence while performing his/her work. Such information shall be submitted in writing to the Union as soon as practicable.

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