Safety and Health Disputes. Any disputes not resolved by the Joint Safety and Health Committee may be dealt with as set out in this Collective Agreement.
Safety and Health Disputes. No employee shall be required to work under conditions which are unsafe or unhealthy. An employee who reasonably believes that he is being required to work under conditions that are unsafe or unhealthy shall have the right to:
Safety and Health Disputes. Any disputes not resolved by the Joint Health and Safety Committee may be dealt with as set out in this Collective Agreement. PAID HOLIDAYS Each employee who has completed one month's employment will be paid an allowance in the amount of his regular hourly rate multiplied by eight (8) for each of the following days: New Year's Day Good Friday Victoria Day Canada Day Civic Holiday Labour Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Eve Day (December Christmas Day Boxing Day (December Heritage Day (the third Monday in February) Effective February implement one floating paid holiday to be used at the Company's discretion. To receive payment for any of the above mentioned days, an employee will be required to have performed work on his scheduled day of work preceding and his scheduled day of work succeeding the holiday. Exceptions to shall be made in the case of: Lay-off due to lack of work. Death in the employee’s immediate family as set out in Article of this Agreement. Permission to be absent, on either the scheduled shift before or after the holiday being granted by the Area Manager or his designate, of the Department. Long term illness or injury, excluding Workers’ Compensation, in which case, the employee will be paid for the holidays which fall within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days from the date upon which the illness or injury occurred provided he returns to work on the date which the attending physician certifies that he is fit to return, if regularly scheduled to work on that day. Should the return date be a scheduled day off, the date of return will be the first regularly scheduled day thereafter. Absent by reason of illness or accident as evidenced by a doctor’s medical explanation, when required by the Company. Except as stated in above. This will not apply to cases covered by Workers’ Compensation. The plant will close on all statutory holidays. In the interest of minimizing production shutdowns which would affect the majority of employees, it may be necessary to perform certain maintenance repairs on statutory holidays. Such work will be performed on a voluntary basis. It is understood that on all statutory holidays, maintenance journeymen will be required for necessary maintenance surveillance. The following procedure will be applied: The maintenance journeymen on regular shift schedule will “if they desire”, complete their schedules. If there is more than one journeyman on shift the overtime list will determine who gets the overtime opportunity....
Safety and Health Disputes. Members of the Safety Committee will not lose pay for the time spent during regular scheduled working hours attending scheduled meetings with management representatives or investigations under this Article. No employee shall be required to work under conditions which are unsafe or unhealthy. An employee who believes that he/she is being required to work under conditions that are unsafe or unhealthy has the right to:(a) Contact his/her immediate supervisor and review the matter with him/her. If the matter is not satisfactorily settled by the supervisor, the Company Safety and Health Chairperson, or his/her appointee, and the Union Safety and Health Chairperson, 7or his/her appointee, shall meet forthwith to determine whether the employee is being required to work under conditions which are unsafe or unhealthy. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved by (a) above, the matter shall be referred to the Plant Manager to determine whether the employee has been asked to work under conditions which are unsafe or harmful to his/her health. If no agreement is reached and an inspector is required, then the Department of Labour Inspector will be called in to settle any differences. The Company and the Union agree to a policy of welcoming any employee recommendations or suggestions regarding safety and health.
