Common use of Workplace Environment Clause in Contracts

Workplace Environment. The use or possession of alcohol, weapons, or illegal controlled substances by Contractor, or others subject to Contractor’s control, on any Job Site is prohibited. Contractor must ensure and maintain a workplace environment free of personal harassment and intimidation. Conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive workplace environment is prohibited. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: Verbal harassment, e.g., epithets, derogatory comments or slurs; Physical harassment, e.g., assault, impeding or blocking movement, gestures, or any physical interference with normal work or movement; Visual forms of harassment, e.g., derogatory posters, letters, poems, graffiti, cartoons, or drawings. Unwelcome and unwanted sexual advances constitute sexual harassment that is prohibited. For example, requests for sexual favors and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are prohibited. It is the responsibility of Contractor to: Inform its employees and Subcontractors that behavior that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive workplace environment is prohibited; Create a workplace environment that is free from harassment; and, Take corrective action to stop prohibited behavior/conduct. If in the opinion of the Owner’s Project Manager, any employee of Contractor or Contractor’s Subcontractors violate the prohibitions of this Article 3.7, ”Workplace Environment”, Contractor must immediately remove that person or Subcontractor from the Project upon Owner’s request, and such person or Subcontractor must not be permitted to perform further Work on the Project Site. All Contractor personnel who have unescorted access to court facilities will have a minimum of one hour of sexual harassment training each year. The training will be based on an Owner approved syllabus and format. Contractor will maintain records of all such training and will provide the records to Owner upon request. Prior to authorization of a Service Work Order the parties will designate their assigned PMs for the Project. Communications provided to Contractor’s Project Manager will be as binding as if provided directly to Contractor. When Contractor is comprised of two (2) or more persons, firms, partnerships, or corporations functioning as a joint venture, Contractor must submit a letter to the Owner, before starting Work, stating the name of one (1) authorized representative who has the authority to represent and act for Contractor. (only to be included in contracts where Owner contracts with a joint venture) Contractor’s Project Manager or their written designee must be present at the Work site at all times while any Work is in progress. When Work is not in progress and during periods when Work is suspended, Contractor’s Project Manager must nevertheless provide the Owner’s Project Manager with a contact method via which they can be reached at any time, as well as a contact method for reaching Contractor’s site superintendent, if applicable. Contractor will designate a single person as its environmental, health, and safety representative for any Work to be done at any Project Site. The Contractor’s safety representative will be the person responsible for the implementation of all Project Site health and safety requirements and the prevention of accidents at any Project Site. The designated person shall have completed the OSHA 10 hour Construction Training Program and be currently xxxxxxxxx.Xx the event it is necessary for Contractor’s Project Manager and/or their site supervisor to be absent from the Project Site, Contractor’s Project Manager will, except in the case of personal emergency, give written notice to the Owner’s Project Manager designating an acting representative. The absence must not exceed 48 hours without the written approval of the Owner’s Project Manager. If any Contractor, Subcontractor, or Supplier employee or any agent working at the direction or subject to the control of Contractor refuses or fails to carry out a properly given order by the Owner’s Project Manager or is, in the Owner Representative’s opinion, incompetent, disorderly, or acting in an improper manner, Contractor must immediately remove that person or Subcontractor from the Project upon Owner’s written request, and such person or Subcontractor must not be permitted to perform further Work on the Project.

Workplace Environment. The use or possession of alcohol, weapons, or illegal controlled substances by Contractor, or others subject to Contractor’s control, on any Job Project Site is prohibited. Contractor must ensure and maintain a workplace environment free of personal harassment and intimidation. Conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive workplace environment is prohibited. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: Verbal harassment, e.g., epithets, derogatory comments or slurs; Physical harassment, e.g., assault, impeding or blocking movement, gestures, or any physical interference with normal work or movement; Visual forms of harassment, e.g., derogatory posters, letters, poems, graffiti, cartoons, or drawings. Unwelcome and unwanted sexual advances constitute sexual harassment that is prohibited. For example, requests for sexual favors and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are prohibited. It is the responsibility of Contractor to: Inform its employees and Subcontractors that behavior that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive workplace environment is prohibited; Create a workplace environment that is free from harassment; and, Take corrective action to stop prohibited behavior/conduct. If in the opinion of the Owner’s Project Manager, any employee of Contractor or Contractor’s Subcontractors violate the prohibitions of this Article 3.7, ”Workplace Environment”, Contractor must immediately remove that person or Subcontractor from the Project upon Owner’s request, and such person or Subcontractor must not be permitted to perform further Work on the Project Site. All Contractor personnel who have unescorted access to court facilities will have a minimum of one hour of sexual harassment training each year. The training will be based on an Owner approved syllabus and format. Contractor will maintain records of all such training and will provide the records to Owner upon request. Prior to authorization of a Service Work Order the parties will designate their assigned PMs for the Project. Communications provided to Contractor’s Project Manager will be as binding as if provided directly to Contractor. When Contractor is comprised of two (2) or more persons, firms, partnerships, or corporations functioning as a joint venture, Contractor must submit a letter to the Owner, before starting Work, stating the name of one (1) authorized representative who has the authority to represent and act for Contractor. (only to be included in contracts where Owner contracts with a joint venture) Contractor’s Project Manager or their his or her written designee must be present at the Work site Project Site at all times while any Work is in progress. When Work is not in progress and during periods when Work is suspended, Contractor’s Project Manager must nevertheless provide the Owner’s Project Manager with a contact method via which they he or she can be reached at any time, as well as a contact method for reaching Contractor’s site superintendent, if applicable. Contractor will designate a single person as its environmental, health, and safety representative for any Work to be done at any Project Site. The Contractor’s safety representative will be the person responsible for the implementation of all Project Site health and safety requirements and the prevention of accidents at any Project Site. The designated person shall have completed the OSHA 10 hour Construction Training Program and be currently xxxxxxxxx.Xx certified. In the event it is necessary for Contractor’s Project Manager and/or their site supervisor to be absent from the Project Site, Contractor’s Project Manager will, except in the case of personal emergency, give written notice to the Owner’s Project Manager designating an acting representative. The absence must not exceed 48 hours without the written approval of the Owner’s Project Manager. If any Contractor, Subcontractor, or Supplier employee or any agent working at the direction or subject to the control of Contractor refuses or fails to carry out a properly given order by the Owner’s Project Manager or is, in the Owner Representative’s opinion, incompetent, disorderly, or acting in an improper manner, Contractor must immediately remove that person or Subcontractor from the Project upon Owner’s written request, and such person or Subcontractor must not be permitted to perform further Work on the Project.