Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties agree that the intent of this agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have the maximum possible access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. Local Occupational Health and Safety Committees will be established and operated as outlined below:
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The Company and the Union agree to establish Occupational Health and Safety Committees at appropriate locations. Occupational Health and Safety Committees shall be composed of personnel employed at the location. The composition will be determined locally through management and local union representatives. Union representatives shall be appointed by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union. These committees will meet, at regular intervals to be determined by the committees, to make recommendations on unsafe, hazardous, or dangerous conditions with the aim of preventing and reducing risk of occupational injury and illness. A copy of all minutes of the Occupational Health and Safety Committees shall be sent to the Union and the Company. Team members who are representatives on the Occupational Health and Safety Committee shall continue to receive the rate of pay they would have been receiving had they not been attending Occupational Health and Safety Committee meetings. Team members attending these committee meetings held on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall receive pay at straight-time rates equivalent to the duration of the meeting. This time shall not be considered time worked.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee will be established and operated as outlined below:
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. (a) The Employer and the Union shall establish a Safety Committee to be composed of Union and Employer representatives. The Union representatives shall be selected by the Union and such representatives must be in the employ of the Employer. The Committee shall meet at least once a month to discuss questions or problems which may arise with respect to the health and safety of the employees. All minutes of the meetings of the committee shall be recorded on a mutually agreed to form and shall be sent to the Union and the Employer.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties agree that the intent of this Agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. Site-based Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees:
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. (a) The Senior Joint Health and Safety Committee shall be comprised of seven members from each party. The Employer shall supply secretarial services to the Committee.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The parties agree that the intent of this agreement is to ensure that all employees shall have the maximum possible access to the Occupational Health and Safety Committee structure. To this end, a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee will be established to encompass the entire bargaining unit and will operate as outlined below: The Committee shall consist of an equal number of worker representatives and employer representatives, taking into account geographic considerations. This Committee will meet four (4) times yearly, or more often if required. The Committee will function in accordance with the Industrial Health and Safety Regulations, and will participate in developing a program to reduce risk of occupational injury and illness. All minutes of the meetings of the Committees shall be recorded on a mutually agreed to form and shall be sent to the Union and the Employer. The Employer and the Union agree that it is very important and most effective to have all employees involved in Occupational Health and Safety, therefore regular Crew Meetings will be held at the local level monthly. Records of these meetings, including the matters discussed, shall be forwarded to the Joint Committee. Employees who are representatives of the Joint Committee shall not suffer any loss of basic pay for time spent attending committee meetings, or in carrying out other duties in accordance with WCB Regulations. Committee meetings, training and other committee business shall be scheduled during normal working hours whenever possible. Time spent by committee members attending meetings held on their days of rest or outside their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not be considered time worked, but such committee members shall receive equivalent time off at straight-time.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The Company and the Union shall cooperate in the operation of Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees as prescribed in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993. These Committees shall consist of four (4) management representatives for underground and three (3) management representatives for surface along with three (3) employees selected by the Union for surface operations and four (4) employees selected by the Union for underground operations. The parties may increase the committee participants, from time to time, if mutually agreed. The Committees shall have those duties and perform the functions provided for in Section 19 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 and shall include responsibilities for:
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. (a) The joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees at each operating site location shall consist of:
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees a. The Board shall establish Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees at all work sites in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Act.
