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. The Employer shall prepare a comprehensive policy on resident handling and safe work practices within six (6) months of the date of Such policies will be reviewed by the Joint Health and Safety Committee. A joint management and employees’ Health and Safety Committee shall be constituted with representation of at least one-half (112) 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 any 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 shall 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 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 opportunity to 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 from management and one from the employees, shall make monthly inspections of 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 cer...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Union and the Company shall cooperate in maintaining regulations which will afford adequate protection for the employees.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Employer shall make reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. The Employer will welcome suggestions on the subject from the Alliance, and the parties undertake to consult with a view to adopting and expeditiously carrying out reasonable procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employment injury.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health the Home in order to prevent accidents, injury, and illness. Recognizing its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Employer agrees to accept as members of its Accident Prevention, Health and Safety Committee three representatives whose primary duties are in Woodstock, one representative whose primary duties are in and one representative whose primary duties are in Tillsonburg, to be selected or appointed by the Union from amongst employees. The parties will agree to the terms and conditions as set out in the Health and Safety Terms of Reference. Such Committee shall identify potential dangers and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programmes and recommend actions to be taken to improve conditions related to safety and health The Employer agrees to cooperate reasonably in providing necessary information to enable the Committee to fulfill its functions, Meetings shall be held every second month or more frequently at the call of the Chair if required. The Committee shall maintain minutes of all meetings and make the same available for review. Time off for such to attend meetings of the Committee in accordance with the shall be and any attending such meetings. during their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not lose regular earnings as a result of such attendance. At the request of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, a CAW National Health and Safety Representative will be allowed to attend Health and Safety meetings and to tour workplace accompanied by a management member and a worker member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee. The recognizesthe safety concerns of all staff and shall provide all employees whose work requires them to wear protective equipment with such necessary equipment and protective clothing as determined by the Employer. The Health and Safety may make recommendations on such equipment and protective clothing gloves, long sleeved gowns, masks, goggles). These shall be maintained and replaced, when necessary, at the Employer’s expense when determined by the Employer. Where the committee recommends the wearing of such protective clothing and equipment, and the Employer implements the committee’s recommendation, employees are obligated to comply with such recommendations. Effective July employees in the maintenance department are eligible for a boot allowance of paid on presentation of receipt...
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ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The parties agree to cooperate in order to establish and maintain conditions conducive to ensuring proper health and safety at work for all employees. The Company, the Union and the employees collectively undertake to respect the health and safety measures prescribed by applicable laws and regulations in order to ensure the health and safety of all employees.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. It is the policy of the company to make reasonable provision for safe and healthful working conditions for all employees and the employee agrees to work in a safe manner. The Union agrees to assist the Company in maintaining proper observation of all health and safety rules.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Company will make adequate provision for the Health and Safety of all employees during the hours of employment and, in this regard, shall make every effort to comply in a timely manner with all applicable legislation pertaining to occupational health and safety. The Union recognizes its obligations to co-operate in maintaining and improving a healthy and safe work environment. Accordingly, the Company and the Union jointly agree to promote measures to assure the health and safety of all employees during working hours.
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. A joint management and employee 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 the 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 shall normally meet at least once a month. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and to the Union. The Union agrees to limit representation from the full-time and part- time bargaining units to one (Ij)oint representative which may be increased by mutual agreement of the parties. Two (2) representatives of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, one (1) from management and one (I) from the employees on a rotating basis designated by the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and equipment and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspection. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a government inspector and shall have the right to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activities shall be considered as time worked. disclose. The Union agrees to endeavour to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the observation 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 who are not direct care 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 agree that if incidents involving aggressive client action...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. A health and safety committee shall be established in accordance with the appropriate legislation. No driver shall be held responsible for any accident occurring to a Company vehicle being towed at the direction of the Company. Employees shall not be directed by the Company to take out on the streets or highways, any Company vehicle which is considered unsafe by the driver; the employee shall complete the necessary defect forms supplied by the Company regarding the defects. No more than two defect reports will be written up before the vehicle will be pulled out of service to fix the defects. No employee will be directed to drive a vehicle unless it is properly registered. It is agreed between the Union and the Company, having regard for safety and driver health, that all power units will have adequate heaters, windshield wipers, and defrosters installed and kept in suitable operating condition. In temperatures that are extreme, where heaters do not heat the cab adequately, the Company will make the necessary alterations to retain adequate heat. The Company will keep speedometers in proper working order. The picking up, handling and transporting of hazardous goods shall be in accordance with the Dangerous Goods Act. Employees shall not be directed by the Company to take any Company vehicle out on the highways in weather conditions. The Company will provide proper protective clothing for the handling of dangerous goods. In the interest of safety, the Company agrees that where warehouse work is required on the weekends, and, only one warehouse worker is doing the work, the Company shall ensure that, in addition to the bargaining unit employee, there shall be at least one other Company representative on the premises while any warehouse work is being performed.
