Weather and Safety Leave Sample Clauses

Weather and Safety Leave. 1. Administrative leave may be granted when it is determined employees cannot safely travel to or from work, or perform work at their normal worksite, a telework/remote work site, or other approved location because of severe weather or other emergency situation. 2. When Weather and Safety Leave is granted due to closure of an Official Agency Worksite, the Agency will make a reasonable effort to notify the Union and the employees on duty as soon as possible. 3. Weather and Safety Leave will not be granted, in most circumstances, to an employee who is a teleworker or remote worker and who is able to safely perform work at the employee’s approved telework/remote work location. Exceptions are: a. the severe weather or emergency was unexpected and the employee could not prepare in advance for telework; or b. when the employee’s telework/remote work site is impacted by severe weather or an emergency in such a way work cannot be safely performed. 4. Where local, state or federal authorities have issued a state of emergency affecting an employee’s worksite (i.e., office, AWL, RWL), use of leave and telework will be considered.
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Weather and Safety Leave. Weather and Safety Leave may be granted, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6329c, 5 CFR Part 630, Subpart P, and consistent with the OPM Government-wide Dismissal and Closure Procedures. This type of leave may be appropriate when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to, or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of God, terrorist attack, or other applicable condition.
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Weather and Safety Leave. A. The local activity notification system alerts employees for closures due to inclement weather or any other emergency condition. Employees are encouraged to maintain up-to-date contact information to ensure timely notification. Other notification methods may be developed locally to include methods such as a weather status line or public media announcement. B. Designated DLA management officials may grant weather and safety leave to employees only if they are prevented from safely traveling to or safely performing work at a location approved by the agency. C. Employees participating in a telework program under applicable agency policies will generally not be granted weather and safety leave. X. Xx authorized DLA management official may grant weather and safety leave if an employee could not reasonably have anticipated the conditions, and thus was unable to prepare for telework or otherwise unable to perform productive work.
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Weather and Safety Leave. Weather and Safety Leave may be granted, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6329c, 5 CFR Part 630, Subpart P, and consistent with the OPM Governmentwide Dismissal and Closure Procedures. This type of leave may be appropriate when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to, or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of God, terrorist attack, or other applicable condition. (1) Ensuring employee safety is the primary consideration when determining whether to close a Forest Service office. Management retains the right to determine the operating status of its facilities. Office closure procedures will be in accordance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “Government Wide Dismissal and Closure Procedures.” (2) The status of Government operations outside the Washington, DC area will be communicated to employees in the affected area using methods commonly employed by the Agency for this purpose. (3) Generally, employees who are telework program participants will not receive weather and safety leave, since they are not usually prevented from performing work at an approved location due to a weather or other safety-related emergency. When determining Weather and Safety Leave eligibility, specifically, whether a Telework Participant should have “reasonably anticipated” a severe weather event and/or emergency, management considerations may include, but are not be limited to the following: i. Whether or not the Agency issued any advanced notice of severe weather event and/or emergency; ii. Availability of severe weather event, emergency, and/or operating status announcements through local news broadcasts/forecast; iii. The availability and access to agency notification systems (phone recordings, emails, and websites) which provide operating status announcements; and iv. The availability and access to social media for advanced notice of severe weather or other emergency situation. (4) The agency may not provide weather and safety leave to a telework participant who is not prevented from working safely at an approved telework site. (5) Employees with situational/ad hoc telework agreements, but who might not telework on a regular basis, will be encouraged to telework periodically, as scheduled with their supervisor, to ensure that the employee is able to maintain their telework readiness if they are expected to work in the event of an office closure due to inclement weather or other safety issue. (6) Employees w...
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Weather and Safety Leave. A telework participant must be prepared to perform work during an emergency to include a status announcement issued by the Office of Personnel Management, the head of their agency, or a recommendation communicated by the Federal Executive Board. See OPM’s Governmentwide Dismissal and Closure Procedures for guidance and procedures related to operating status announcements and telework.
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Weather and Safety Leave. An employee whose worksite is closed due to a weather or safety condition described in 5 U.S.C. § 6329c is entitled to weather and safety leave under § 6329c for the duration of the closure. An employee other than an essential employee whose worksite is not closed may, upon request, be granted weather and safety leave under 5 U.S.C. § 6329c to the extent the agency determines that the employee, due to a weather or safety condition described in § 6329c, is prevented from safely traveling to work or arriving to work on time, needs to leave early to avoid hazardous conditions, or could not return home if the employee reported to work. An employee who requests this leave shall state the facts on which the request is based. The agency shall either grant it or deny it. If the request is denied, the employee, if not an essential employee, has a right to use instead either accrued annual leave or leave without pay, unless the appropriate management official decides to assign work to the employee.
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Weather and Safety Leave. Consistent with the requirements and procedures in
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Weather and Safety Leave. In the event that Agency operations are disrupted due to inclement weather conditions or other unforeseen emergency situations the Agency may, at its discretion, authorize administrative leave. Emergency/mission critical/mission essential employees may be directed to report or remain at work in dismissal or closure situations. When time and conditions permit, the Agency will notify the Union of the contemplated administrative dismissal and consider any recommendations concerning the dismissal made by the Union. When the Agency Director/Site Director or their designee - A. announces site is closed for the day, employees excused from duty and not covered by the exceptions below, will be granted administrative leave for that day. Exceptions include but not limited to employees on official travel, employees on LWOP, employees on AWS which are on their regular scheduled day off, and employees on telework who are otherwise unaffected by closure or emergency situation.
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Weather and Safety Leave a. The Parties understand that TSA may approve Weather and Safety Leave for an employee or groups of employees. The Parties understand Weather and Safety Leave is a type of paid leave granted to employees without loss of pay or charge to an employee’s personal leave accounts when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of nature, terrorist attack, or other applicable conditions. b. During new bargaining unit employee orientation, bargaining unit employees shall be advised of Weather and Safety Leave and related provisions.
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Related to Weather and Safety Leave

  • HEALTH AND SAFETY 25.01 The Employer is subject to the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of the Province of Ontario and its regulations, including the provision that calls for a worker representative selected by the Union on the University Joint Health and Safety Committees. It is agreed that the University and the Union will cooperate to the fullest possible extent in the prevention of accidents and the promotion of safety and health at University workplaces. To this end, the parties acknowledge and agree that all University Employees on University and third-party premises where Employees work, are required to comply with work- site specific policies, procedures, regulations, and standards relating to health and safety. 25.02 The Employer recognizes the right of workers to be informed about hazards in the workplace, to be provided with appropriate training, and the right to refuse unsafe work in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act where there is an immediate danger to the Employee’s health and safety or to the health and safety of others. 25.03 The Union will select a worker representative for each applicable Joint Health and Safety Committee formed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Time spent attending meetings of the Committee or carrying out duties as a worker representative shall be considered time worked. 25.04 A worker representative on a Joint Health and Safety Committee may become a certified worker representative on the Committee. The University will provide the required training for certification at no cost to the Employee or the Union. Time spent in such training shall be considered time worked, as outlined in Article 13 – Hours of Work and Overtime. 25.05 When a worker representative on a Joint Health and Safety Committee ceases to be employed in the Bargaining Unit, he/she will cease to be a worker representative on the Committee. 25.06 The University will supply, and Employees will wear and/or utilize, personal protective equipment and the other devices that the University requires Employees to wear and/or utilize. 25.07 The Employer shall provide information, training and supervision to an Employee to protect the health and safety of that Employee. With reference to Article 13, time spent in such training shall be considered time worked, as outlined in Article 13 – Hours of Work and Overtime. 25.08 The name and contact information of the Health and Safety Officer in each Academic Unit shall be posted in the Department/Academic Unit. 25.09 In accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, persons with authority in the workplace, including any Employees, shall ensure that persons under their authority are informed of health and safety hazards, and advised of policies and procedures associated with the safe handling of materials and equipment.

  • 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.

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