OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Sample Clauses

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 34.01 The parties recognize the need for a safe and healthy workplace. The Employer shall be responsible for providing safe and healthy working conditions. The Employer and Employees will take all reasonable steps to eliminate, reduce or minimize all workplace safety hazards. Occupational health and safety education, training and instruction provided by the Employer, shall be paid at the Basic Rate of Pay, to fulfill the requirements for training, instruction or education set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation or Code. (a) There shall be an Occupational Health and Safety Committee (Committee), which shall be composed of representatives of the Employer and representatives of the Local and may include others representing recognized functional bargaining units. This Committee shall meet once a month, and in addition shall meet within 10 days of receiving a written complaint regarding occupational health or safety. An Employee shall be paid the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay for attendance at Committee meetings. A request to establish separate committees for each site or grouping of sites shall not be unreasonably denied. The Employer shall provide training at no cost to all Employees on the Committee to assist them in performing their duties on the Committee. Training shall be paid at the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay. (b) Minutes of each meeting shall be taken and shall be approved by the Employer, the Local, and other bargaining groups, referred to in (a), prior to circulation. (c) The purpose of the Committee is to consider such matters as occupational health and safety and the Local may make recommendations to the Employer in that regard. (d) If an issue arises regarding occupational health or safety, the Employee or the Local shall first seek to resolve the issue through discussion with the applicable immediate supervisor in an excluded management position. If the issue is not resolved satisfactorily, it may then be forwarded in writing to the Committee. (e) The Committee shall also consider measures necessary to ensure the security of each Employee on the Employer’s premises and the Local may make recommendations to the Employer in that regard. (f) (i) Should an issue not be resolved by the Committee, the issue shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A resolution meeting between the Local and the CEO, or designate(s), shall take place within 21 calendar days of the issue being referred to the CEO. The CEO or designate...
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 6.1 Procedures for Dealing with and Resolving Safety Issues 6.1.1 When an Employee becomes aware of an unsafe situation, the Employee is required to rectify it, if it is within the Employee’s range of skills/competencies and authority to do so. 6.1.2 If the Employee is not able to rectify the unsafe situation, the Employee is required to notify the leading hand or supervisor, who will take all necessary steps to rectify the unsafe situation if it is within their range of skills/competence and authority to do so. 6.1.3 If there is to be any delay in rectifying the situation, the supervisor responsible for that area will ensure that Employees who are working in the affected area are relocated to work in other areas on the Project until the unsafe situation has been rectified. 6.1.4 Provided it is safe to do so, all Employees with appropriate skills/competencies will be used to restore safe working conditions and normal productive work will progressively resume in the affected area. 6.1.5 Employees who are not able to be transferred to perform productive work in a safe area will remain on the Project in the site sheds if safe to do so, or at an agreed alternative safe location. 6.1.6 If there is disagreement over the existence of an unsafe situation or method of dealing with an unsafe situation, the work process in question will not be carried out until such time as the matter has been resolved except under such conditions as are agreed between the parties. The matter will then immediately be referred to the Company representative, the Safety Coordinator and the relevant safety and health representative of the Employee’s choosing, who will meet and inspect the work area in an attempt to resolve the matter. 6.1.7 If the issue is still not resolved, then the relevant Safety Committee will meet to discuss the matter. The Safety Committee will agree on whether the Act and regulations determine whether an unsafe situation exists and, if so, agree a method of restoring safe working conditions. 6.1.8 As per the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) (“OH&S Act”) and Regulations (as amended from time to time), the Safety Committee may request a WorkCover Inspector to attend the Project site to investigate and resolve the matter. 6.1.9 Should all work be deemed to be unsafe, Employees will not leave the Project site but will remain either in the site sheds, if safe to do so, or at an agreed alternative safe location. 6.1.10 Provided the above safety procedure i...
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 15.1 The Board, the Union and its members shall comply with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations, as they may be amended from time to time.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 13.01 A Committee will be established for the facility to consider matters of Occupational Health and Safety. 13.02 The Committee shall meet at least quarterly or more frequently if required by either party at a mutually acceptable hour and date. 13.03 The Committee shall be established and the Union will have the right to designate one (1) member of the bargaining unit for every fifty (50) Employees as members of this Committee. This Committee may include representatives from other Employee groups, however, the number of Employer representatives on the Committee shall not exceed the number of representatives from the Union and other Employee groups represented. 13.04 The Basic Rate of Pay will be paid to such Employee for time spent in attendance at a meeting of the Committee. 13.05 The Employer, the Employees and the Union will cooperate to the fullest extent in the matter of occupational health, safety, security and accident prevention and the Employer agrees to provide safety equipment when required and to install devices where necessary. (a) Identify situations which may be unhealthy or unsafe in respect of the worksite and make appropriate recommendations. (b) Assist in the development and promotion of measures to protect the health of Employees in the facility and to check the effectiveness of such measures. 13.06 The Employer will co-operate with the Committee by providing: (a) Materials and equipment necessary to carry out its functions in accordance with its terms of reference. (b) Data pertaining to workplace health and safety conditions. 13.07 An Employee's right shall be respected in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations and Code. 13.08 The Employer shall not unreasonably deny committee members access to the workplace to conduct safety inspections including monitoring. 13.09 The Health and Safety Committee shall also consider measures necessary to ensure the safety of each Employee at the work site and may make written recommendations to the Employer in that regard. The Employer shall reply in writing to the Health and Safety Committee within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the recommendations. 13.10 No Employee shall be discharged, penalized or disciplined for refusing to perform any work or operate any equipment which the Employee has reasonable and probable grounds to believe presents an imminent danger to the health and safety of any Resident, Employee, or member of the public. “Imminent danger” is def...
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Association agree to cooperate in the promotion of safe working conditions, the prevention of accidents, the prevention of workplace injuries and the promotion of safe workplace practices. The Employer and the Association agree to adhere to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act and related regulations. The Employer will ensure that the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation is readily available at each worksite for reference by all workers and will ensure that workers are aware of the onsite location where the Regulation is available for viewing.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 27.01 Union/Employer Health and Safety Committee
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. The Employer and the Union agree to promote a safe and healthy workplace, in which hazards are identified, and action is taken to reduce the risk of harm. The Employer will provide appropriate information and training on relevant corporate safety policies and programs as well as job-specific safety procedures. The Employer will provide appropriate personal protective equipment where required and employees will be expected to utilize such equipment as directed. The Employer agrees to consider any reasonable and practicable suggestions for the improvement of safe working practices or for the protection of employees from safety or environmental hazards in the performance of their work. The Employer will give careful consideration to written recommendations from the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees and provide written responses. The parties will maintain the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees. The purposes of each committee will be, within their respective locations: a) to assist in creating a safe working environment; b) to recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of BC Transit Victoria’s occupational health and safety program; c) to promote compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation of Worksafe BC (“the Regulation”); and d) without limiting (a) to (c), to discharge the responsibilities set out in subsection 3.6(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. For each committee, the membership will consist of an equal number of union and management representatives. The two union representatives for the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (Maintenance) must be chosen by and from the union members in the maintenance department. The three union representatives for the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (Operations) must be chosen by and from the union members in the operations department. Both parties will endeavour to ensure that committee membership remains consistent and that alternative committee members will only be used when regular members are not available. The committee will be co-chaired by Employer and Union representatives. The appointed co- chairs will alternate chairing each meeting. Members of the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees shall be allowed time away from their regular duties to attend the committee meetings. Compensation will be in the form of time allowed to attend if meetings happen during a member’s regular shift with no loss in strai...
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. (a) The Employer, the Union, and all employees shall comply with applicable health and safety legislation. (b) The Union and the Employer shall co-operate in establishing rules and practices which promote a safe and healthy occupational environment and which provide protection from factors adverse to employee health and safety. The Employer shall co-operate in providing necessary information to enable the Health and Safety Committee to fulfill its function. (c) A Health and Safety Committee shall be established which is composed of an equal number of employee and Employer representatives, but with a minimum of one (1) representative selected or appointed by the Union, and as required the bargaining unit president will serve as an alternate. The Health and Safety Committee shall meet every second month or more frequently as requested by any Committee member for jointly monitoring, inspecting, investigating and reviewing health and safety conditions and practices. The Committee shall select from among them a Chairperson and Secretary. Accurate minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Employer and Union representative of the Committee within two (2) weeks of any meeting. (d) One (1) member of the Committee is entitled to such time from his/her work as is necessary to attend meetings of the Committee and carry out his/her duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Pay for time so spent shall be in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. (e) The parties agree that if incidents involving aggressive client action occur, such action will be recorded and reviewed at the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Reasonable steps within the control of the Employer will follow to address the legitimate health and safety concerns of employees presented in that forum. The parties further agree that suitable subjects for discussion at the Joint Labour Management Committee will include aggressive residents.
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