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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE
BY-LAW NO. 1988-8
A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH A JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY
COMMITTEE FOR THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE
WHEREAS the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O.,
Chapter 321 provides for the establishment of a
occupational health and safety committee;
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AND WHEREAS the Council for The Corporation of the Town of
Kincardine wishes to establish such a committee in order to
encourage health and safety among Town employees in the
workplace;
NOW THEREFORE the Council for The Corporation of the Town of
Kincardine ENACTS as follows:
1. That a joint health and safety committee entitled the Town
of Kincardine Joint Health and Safety Committee be hereby
established;
2. The membership of the committee shall be composed of:
a) The Town Maintenance Supervisor;
b) The facilities manager of the Davidson Centre;
c) An outside worker elected by vote of all the full-time
outside workers; and
d) An inside maintainer elected by vote of all the inside
maintainers;
e) The Public Works Manager who shall act as secretary and
who shall not be a voting member of the committee.
3. This committee shall meet monthly during regular working
hours at a time and date established by the committee;
4. The committee shall elect a chairman from one of the first
four members noted in (2) above.
5. The objectives of this committee shall be as follows:
a) To ensure that all safety and health concerns are
brought into the open and discussed and to forward
recommendations to the Council and management of the
Town of Kincardine through the clerk-administrator;
b) To act as a problem solving team in regard to matters
of health and safety in the workplace;
c)
To encourage and develop an attitude among Town
employees concerning the importance of health and
safety in the workplace;
d) To provide regular dialogue between management and
workers concerning health and safety;
e) To follow up on matters of concern of a health and
safety nature with both management and employees.
6. The Town and the committee shall be governed by the
Occupational Health and Safety Act in all respects;
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This by-law shall come into full force and effect upon the
date of its final passage.
READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 19th day of May, 1988.
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Mayor
READ a THIRD time and FINALLY PASSED this
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Deputy-Clerk
2nd day of ~une,
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