Common use of Violence Clause in Contracts

Violence. The hospital and the union agree that they have a shared goal of a workplace free of violence. “Workplace violence” means, (a) The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker, (b) An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker, and (c) A statement or behaviour that it is reasonable for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker. The local parties will determine appropriate solutions to promote health and safety in workplaces, which shall include the adoption of the following mandatory provisions: 1. The Hospital will ensure that employees are properly advised in advance if they are required to interact with patients who the Hospital is aware have exhibited violent behaviour previously or who could otherwise reasonably be considered to pose a danger of exhibiting violent behaviour. 2. The Hospital shall give due consideration to whether, in light of all the relevant circumstances, it is appropriate that an employee interacts with a known violent patient alone. 3. The Hospital shall notify the Union without undue delay of any incident of an employee being subjected to violence at the workplace. The timing and nature of such notification may be negotiated locally by the parties. In addition, the local parties will consider addressing the inclusion of the following additional remedies: (i) Electronic and visual flagging; (ii) Properly trained security who can de-escalate, immobilize and detain / restrain; (iii) Appropriate personal alarms; (iv) Organizational wide risk assessments assessing environment, risk from patient population, acuity, communication, and work flow and individual client assessments; and (v) Training in de-escalation, “break-free” and safe immobilization / detainment / restraint.

Violence. The hospital and the union agree that they have a shared goal of a workplace free of violence. “Workplace violence” means, (a) The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker, (b) An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker, and (c) A statement or behaviour that it is reasonable for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker. The local parties will determine appropriate solutions to promote health and safety in workplaces, which shall include the adoption of the following mandatory provisions: 1. The Hospital will ensure that employees are properly advised in advance if they are required to interact with patients who the Hospital is aware have exhibited violent behaviour previously or who could otherwise reasonably be considered to pose a danger of exhibiting violent behaviour. 2. The Hospital shall give due consideration to whether, in light of all the relevant circumstances, it is appropriate that an employee interacts with a known violent patient alone. 3. The Hospital shall notify the Union without undue delay of any incident of an employee being subjected to violence at the workplace. The timing and nature of such notification may be negotiated locally by the parties. In addition, the local parties will consider addressing the inclusion of the following additional remedies: (i) Electronic and visual flagging; (ii) Properly trained security who can de-escalate, immobilize and detain / restrain; (iii) Appropriate personal alarms; (iv) Organizational wide risk assessments assessing environment, risk from patient population, acuity, communication, and work flow and individual client assessments; and (v) Training in de-escalation, “break-free” and safe immobilization / detainment / restraint.