ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Company shall establish healthy and safe working conditions and shall take every possible precaution to protect the health and safety of its Employees, including abiding with all the provisions of the Canada Labour Code. Health and Safety committees Health and Safety Committees, consisting of one member appointed by the Company and one member appointed by the Union as Health and Safety Representative, will be established in accordance with the obligation set out in the Canada Labour Code where Employees are employed. The Committees will meet as required, will monitor all practices needed to enable the health and safety of Employees and will consider, without delay, all situations involving hazardous conditions and practices brought to its attention. A Health and Safety Representative is entitled to such time from their work as is necessary to carry out their functions as a representative and any time spent by while carrying out any of those functions will, for the purposes of calculating wages owing to them, be deemed to have been spent at their work. Protective Devices and Safety ‘Equipment Where the nature of the work or working conditions so require, Employees will be supplied, at Company expense, all necessary protective devices (excluding uniform), which will be maintained and replaced, where necessary, at Company expense. Costs due to loss or damage due to negligence shall be borne by the Employee. Employees are required to use these items where necessary. Failure to do so is a disciplinable offence. Where safety footwear is a requirement of the Company or is legislated, the Company, upon proof of purchase, shall reimburse Employees seventy dollars ($70.00)towards the cost of one ) pair of approved footwear per year. Wearing the safety footwear will be a condition of employment. “Ear-Muff” type noise suppressors will be made available at work locations where necessary. Costs due to loss or damage due to negligence shall be borne by the Employee. Employees who fail to use noise suppressors will be subject to discipline. Hazardous Material The Company shall inform Employees of any hazardous material which they will be required to handle and of any special handling requirements for such material. All applicable Material Safety Data Sheets will be kept current and made available to Employees.
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 parties agree to cooperate in order to establish and maintain conditions conducive to ensuring proper health and safety at work for all employees. of the Law 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. 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. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the representatives thereof shall have reasonable 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 non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data, as the may decide to 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 w...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. As per Article of main body of Agreement. As per Article of main body of Agreement. As per Article of main body of Agreement. ARTICLE INJURY As per Article of main body of Agreement. ARTICLE BULLETIN BOARDS As per Article of main body of Agreement.
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. 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.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. Accident Prevention Health and Safety Committee . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY. The employer shall continue to make reasonable provisions for the safety and health of the employees during the hours of their employment. It is agreed that both the Employer and the Union shall work co-operatively in the prevention of accidents and in the reasonable promotion of safety and health of all employees.
