Work Health and Safety Legislation Sample Clauses

Work Health and Safety Legislation. The Customer acknowledges that the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (NSW) (together, the WH&S laws) impose significant duties in relation to designs, designers and persons who commission designs and that the Customer will comply with the relevant WH&S Laws.
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Work Health and Safety Legislation or WHS Legislation means any and all applicable occupational health and safety, work health and safety, dangerous goods, electricity safety or environmental protection related legislation together with associated regulations that are relevant to the Services and the safe manner in which those Services are provided or supplied.
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Work Health and Safety Legislation. You must at all times: ensure that the Services are carried out in a safe manner; comply with the WHS Laws; be aware of, understand and comply with any work health and safety policy and procedures that We Notify to You or which are specified in any Guidelines as applicable to this Agreement or the performance of the Activities under this Agreement; Note: You are responsible for ensuring that You perform all aspects of this Agreement, including the establishment and conduct of Activities, in a manner which complies with all Laws, including all WHS Laws. While we may, on occasion, provide specific guidance about work health and safety issues in accordance with clause 58.8(c), We are not responsible for setting general policy and procedures that will ensure compliance with WHS Laws (this is Your responsibility). comply with any reasonable instruction from Us relating to work health and safety; immediately comply with directions on health and safety issued by any person having authority under the WHS Laws to do so; when requested by Us, provide evidence of Your ongoing compliance of the WHS Laws; if You are required by the WHS Act to report a Notifiable Incident to the Regulator arising out of the Services: at the same time, or as soon as is possible in the circumstances, give Notice of such incident, and a copy of any written notice provided to the Regulator, to Us; and provide Us, within Our specified timeframe, a Report detailing the circumstances of the incident, the results of investigations into its cause, and any recommendations or strategies for prevention in the future; within 24 hours of becoming aware of such circumstances, inform Us of the full details of: any suspected contravention of the WHS Laws relating to the Services,; any workplace entry by a WHS Entry Permit Holder, or an Inspector, to any place where the Services are being performed or undertaken; and any proceedings against You, or any decision or request by the Regulator given to You, under the WHS Laws; and provide Us with copies of all notices and correspondence issued to You by any person under the WHS Laws, within 24 hours of receiving any such notice or correspondence. You must cooperate with any investigation undertaken by Us concerning any Notifiable Incident, or breach or alleged breach of the WHS Laws, or any audit of Your work health and safety performance, arising out of or in respect of the Services. Compliance with school attendance policy You must undertake all Services in...
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Related to Work Health and Safety Legislation

  • HEALTH AND SAFETY 16.01 The Employer, Union and the employees shall comply with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act where and when applicable. The Employer shall provide working conditions at all times which are not prejudicial to the health or efficiency of the workers. Employees are required to report to their Employer any unsafe work conditions, or violation of any safe work policies or procedures established by the Employer, or any violation of relevant safe work legislation.

  • Health and Safety Standards Contractor shall abide by all health and safety standards set forth by the State of California and/or the County of Xxxxxx pursuant to the Injury and Illness Prevention Program. If applicable, Contractor must receive all health and safety information and training from County.

  • ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness and abide by the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended from time to time. A joint management and employees health and safety committee shall be constituted with representation of at least half by employees from the various bargaining units and of employees who are not represented by unions and who do not exercise managerial functions, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked for which shall be paid by the Employer at his or her regular or overtime rate. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Committee members. Minutes of the meetings shall be posted on the workplace health safety bulletin board. The Employer shall provide the time from work with pay and all related tuition costs and expenses necessary to certify the worker representative. Where an inspector makes an inspection of a workplace under the powers conferred upon him or her under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the employer shall afford a certified committee member representing workers the opportunity to accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts thereof. Where a worker certified member is not site and available, the Employer shall afford a worker health and safety representative if any, or a worker selected by a Union, because of knowledge, experience and training, to represent it, the opportunityto accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts thereof. Two (2) representatives of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, one (1) from management and one (1) from the employees, shall make monthly inspectionsof the work place and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspection. The members of the Committee who represent the workers shall designate a member representing workers to inspect the workplace. Where possible that member shall be a certified member. The employer shall provide the member with such information and assistance as the member may require for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of the workplace. Scheduled time spent in all such activities shall be considered as time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the representativesthereof shall have access to the annual summary of data from the relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data as the may decide to disclose. It is understood and agreed that no information will be provided to the Committee which is confidential. This information shall be a standing item recorded in the minutes of each meeting. The Union will use its best efforts to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the compliance of all safety rules and practices. The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases.-The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances. The parties further agree that suitable subjects for discussion at the joint Labour Management Committee will include aggressive residents. The Employer will review with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee written policies to address the management of violent behaviour. Such policies will include but not be limited to:

  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 47 22.1 Statutory Compliance 47 22.2 Occupational Health and Safety Committee 47 22.3 Unsafe Work Conditions 49 22.4 Investigation of Accidents 49 22.5 Occupational First Aid Requirements and Courses 49 22.6 Occupational Health and Safety Courses 50 22.7 Injury Pay Provisions 50 22.8 Transportation of Accident Victims 50 22.9 Working Hazards 51 22.10 Video Display Terminals 51 22.11 Safety Equipment 51 22.12 Dangerous Goods, Special Wastes and Pesticides & Harmful Substances 51 22.13 Communicable Diseases 51 22.14 Workplace Violence 51 22.15 Pollution Control 52 22.16 Working Conditions 52 22.17 Asbestos 52 22.18 Employee Safety Travelling to and from Work 52 22.19 Strain Injury Prevention 52 ARTICLE 23 - TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 53 23.1 Definition 53 23.2 Notice 53 23.3 Commencing Negotiations 53 23.4 Failure to Reach Agreement 53 23.5 Training Benefits 53 23.6 Transfer Arrangements 54 23.7 Severance Arrangements 54 ARTICLE 24 - CONTRACTING OUT 54 24.1 Contracting Out 54 24.2 Additional Limitation on Contracting Out 54 ARTICLE 25 - HEALTH AND WELFARE 55 25.1 Basic Medical Insurance 55 25.2 Benefit Entitlement for Part-Time Regular Employees 55 25.3 Extended Health Care Plan 55 25.4 Dental Plan 56 25.5 Group Life 56 25.6 Accidental Death and Dismemberment 56 25.7 Business Travel Accident Policy 57 25.8 WorkSafeBC Claim 57 25.9 Employment Insurance 57 25.10 Medical Examination 57 25.11 Legislative Changes 57 25.12 Employee and Family Assistance Program 57 (v) 25.13 Health and Welfare Plans 57 25.14 Designation of Spouse 58 ARTICLE 26 - WORK CLOTHING 58 26.1 Protective Clothing 58 26.2 Union Label 58 26.3 Uniforms 58 26.4 Maintenance of Clothing 58 26.5 Lockers 58

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