Workplace Conditions. The agency will establish a contingency plan to address potential staffing crisis due to vacancies created by the vaccination mandate. Due to public and staff safety concerns the content of these plans will not be made public without mutual written agreement by the parties to this MOU. The parties agree to continue to meet to discuss questions regarding contingency plans. The assignment of overtime due to staffing shortages will be assigned in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements.
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Workplace Conditions. Section A: Evaluation of employees
1. Special education teachers and early childhood special education teachers assigned to a single school district will be evaluated using the evaluation procedure delineated in the Negotiated Agreement for employees of that school district.
2. Any employee not included in subsection 1 of this provision will be evaluated using the procedure delineated below.
a. The Director or building administrator will evaluate certified staff, at least twice per year for the first three (3) years of employment and once per year during the fourth year according to K.S.A. 72-9001. After the fourth year of employment, certified staff will be formally evaluated every three (3) years and informally evaluated in intervening years.
b. Informal evaluations shall consist of a brief observation followed by a conference with the Director to draft a professional growth plan. Either the employee or the Director has the option to request more frequent or more formal evaluations.
c. Prior to formal evaluation, the Director or building administrator will contact the employee to schedule a time for observation. Data concerning job performance is gathered from building administrators and the Director. Various forms may be used to gather pertinent data. Additionally, persons being evaluated shall have an opportunity to participate in their evaluations and shall be afforded the opportunity for self-evaluation.
d. Summary evaluation conferences shall be held following the data collection process and observations. The purpose of this conference will be to review the data, to identify areas deserving of commendation and/or in need of remediation, and to plan strategies to address these areas. The evaluation conference summary sheet shall be completed and signed by the employee and the Director.
e. The employee shall be provided a copy of the evaluation summary and may choose to respond to the evaluation in writing in cases where the administrator and employee have a difference of opinion. Such response will be attached to the summary sheet, which shall be a matter of record and filed as part of the employee's personnel record.
f. Following an evaluation, should the evaluator deem the employee’s job performance to be below expectations, the employee and evaluator shall meet in conference to review areas of concern. If the employee believes that an evaluation was made with insufficient information, the employee shall be given the opportunity to present evidence...
Workplace Conditions. Any emergency contracting out due to short staffing as result of this mandate will supplement and not supplant bargaining unit positions.
Workplace Conditions. 35.1 Accommodation for meals: The Association shall provide access to hot water and a suitable place for meals and breaks.
35.2 Gloves: Where employees are required to clean toilets or to use acids or other injurious substances or detergents, or where there is a significant risk of infection, they shall be supplied with appropriate gloves.
35.3 Dressing accommodation: Privacy for dressing rooms and individual lockable lockers shall be provided for employees.
35.4 First aid kit: A first aid kit shall be supplied and be readily available to all employees.
35.5 Travel costs: Travelling and other out of pocket expenses reasonably incurred by an employee in the course of duties required by the Association during the ordinary hours of work, shall be reimbursed by the Association.
35.6 Safety following evening shift: In order to ensure the safety of employees following evening shift, employees finishing work after 9 p.m. are entitled to safe transport home. Any extra travel costs associated with such safe transport will be paid by the Association. The employee and Association shall mutually agree on the method of safe transport.
Workplace Conditions. Company and its duly authorized agents and employees shall, before climbing Poles or other structures covered by this Agreement, make certain that they are strong enough to safely sustain worker’s weight in the performance of the required work on the Poles or structures. All work designated in any application and Wireless Attachment Application under this Agreement to be performed near energized electrical conductors shall be performed under the conditions and the place as stated, but only with the specific understanding that if Company regards the place where such work is being performed as an unsafe place to work, either because such conductors or other equipment are energized or because it is deemed unsafe for any other reason or condition or conditions then and there existing, it shall request City, promptly and in writing, to de-energize such conductors or other equipment, or to make such other change or changes as may be necessary or desirable, in Company’s sole discretion, to render the place of performance at the job site a safe place to work for Company’s employees, contractors, or agents. If City does not take such action or make such changes as promptly as required by Company, or if City disagrees that the job site is unsafe, or if City takes other action or makes other changes to render the job site safe in City’s opinion, Company shall nevertheless comply with all applicable safety rules and regulations. In the absence of any such written request by Company and the absence of any knowledge of notice to the contrary, it shall be conclusively presumed that the place where the work is to be performed is a safe place to work without City making any changes whatsoever.
Workplace Conditions. Section 1 - Labor/Management Committee The Company and the Union recognize that a harmonious working relationship is beneficial for meeting the needs of the customer and the employees. To that end, the parties may establish Labor/Management Committees at each site. The local parties may develop a charter, detailing frequency, timing, etc., based upon the following parameters: Meeting schedule may be of a frequency up to one meeting/month. Agenda items will be submitted one week in advance to a designated representative of the Company and Union, respectively, and may include but are not limited to flex, building maintenance, safety, etc. The Committee will comprise an equal number of Company and Union representatives, up to three (3). Company representatives will be determined based on submitted agenda items. Meeting duration may be up to one hour. These committees shall not discuss or make decisions that impact or alter the terms of this agreement.
Workplace Conditions. 11.1 Workplace Conditions
Workplace Conditions. 21.01 HEALTH & SAFETY The health and safety of its Educational Resource Workers and Students is a matter of paramount importance to the Board. In recognition of that fact, the Board shall take all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of its Educational Resource Workers and Students.
Workplace Conditions. The Commission makes no representation or warranty regarding the condition of any of the Poles All Licensees shall be deemed to accept the Pole locations on an "AS IS" 'WHERE IS" basis Licensees and their duly authorized agents and employees shall, make certain that a Pole is strong enough to safely sustain the xxxxxxx'x weight, the placing of a ladder against the Pole, and the weight of the proposed Attachments prior to performing the required work All work designated in any application and License under this Agreement to be performed near energized electrical conductors shall be performed under the conditions and the place as stated, but only with the specific understanding that if Licensee's sole discretion regards the place where such work is being performed as an unsafe place to work, either because the said conductors or other equipment are so energized or because it is deemed unsafe for any other reason or condition or conditions then and there existing, it shall request the Commission, promptly and in writing, to de-energize the said conductors or other equipment, or to make such other change or changes as may be necessary or desirable in Licensee's sole discretion, to render the place of performance at the job site a safe place to work for Licensee's employees, contractors, or agents In the absence of any such written request by Licensee and the absence of any knowledge of notice to the Commission to the contrary, it shall be conclusively presumed that the place where the work is to be performed is a safe place to work without making any changes whatsoever to the conductors or other equipment at the job site.