Early and Safe Return to Work Clause Samples

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Hospital and the Union both recognize their obligations in facilitating the early and safe return to work of disabled employees. The Hospital and the Union agree that ongoing and timely communication by all participants in this process is essential to the success of the process. (a) A Return to Work Committee (RWC) will be established, at least one member of which will be a representative of the Union. The committee will meet at least once per month. The Union member will suffer no loss of regular earnings for attendance at such meetings. If the Union member is required to attend on their day off they will receive pay at straight time or time in lieu where possible for hours spent in return to work meetings. Such hours are invisible for the purpose of determining premium. The Hospital will provide an updated list of information to the RWC before each monthly meeting including the following: i) Employees absent from work because of disability who are in receipt of Workplace Safety Insurance Board benefits; ii) Employees absent from work because of disability who are in receipt of Long Term Disability benefits including last day worked; iii) Employees who required temporary or permanent accommodation in the workplace. (b) It is understood that it is the obligation of the disabled employee in receipt of short-term or long-term disability benefits to ensure the Hospital’s Occupational Health Department is advised as soon as possible of any change in medical restrictions which may affect their ability to return to regular or modified duties. (c) The Occupational Health Department will discuss the needs of employees for accommodation as soon as possible with their respective manager or designate, and the Union will advise the RWC as soon as possible when return to their original position or unit has not occurred. The Occupational Health Department in consultation with the Union representative will examine opportunities for temporary accommodation until such time as an appropriate permanent accommodation is determined. (d) The Hospital will advise the Union of offers permanent accommodation within or outside the bargaining unit. (e) The parties recognize that more than one employee requiring accommodation may be suitable for a particular position or arrangement. In such cases the Hospital will consider the skills, ability and experience of the employees and will also consider ability to acquire skills, seniority and path of least disruption in the workplace. ...

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Hospital and the Union both recognize their obligations in facilitating the early and safe return to work of disabled employees. The Hospital and the Union agree that ongoing and timely communication by all participants in this process is essential to the success of the process.

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Employer and the Union are committed to a consistent, fair, approach to meeting the needs of injured employees or employees recovering from an illness, to restoring them to work which is meaningful for them and valuable to the Employer and to meeting the parties’ responsibilities under the law. The Employer and the Union agree to co-operate in facilitating the return to work of returning employees. (a) An employee requiring accommodation who is ready to return to work will provide medical verification satisfactory to the Employer of their ability to return to work, including specific information regarding any restrictions. This will form the basis of any return to work plan. (b) An ad-hoc Return to Work Committee will be established when required to develop a return to work plan. Such committee will normally be comprised of the employee, a Union representative and the employee’s Manager. (c) When a returning employee is in need of modified work the Employer will advise the Union, and the parties shall decide whether a meeting of an ad-hoc Return to Work Committee is necessary. It is acknowledged that not all requests for modified work shall necessitate meeting(s) of a Committee. When required, the Committee will meet as soon as practicable to make recommendations regarding a return to work plan. (d) The Employer and the Union will monitor, with the employee, progress and duties as required until the employee is able to resume their regular duties or a decision is made that permanent changes are required. A medical certificate satisfactory to the Employer will be required in either case. (e) Before posting, the Employer’s Human Resources department will examine all potential vacancies to determine if they can be used to accommodate a disabled employee who requires accommodation but cannot return to their original position. (f) Any return to work plan developed in accordance with the above will be in writing containing the details of the accommodation.

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Employer and the Union both recognize their obligations in facilitating the early and safe return to work of disabled employees. The Employer and the Union agree that ongoing and timely communication by all participants in this process is essential to the success of the process.

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Employer and the Union agree to cooperate on Early and Safe Return to Work initiatives in accordance with the Workplace Health,

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Employer and the Union agree to support the principle of early and safe return to work of injured/ill workers. Further the parties agree to comply with the early and safe return to work provisions pursuant to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and in compliance with the obligations to accommodate employees under the Human Rights Code. The parties agree to utilize return to work principles and guidelines that promote individualized early and safe return to meaningful work programs based upon what is reasonable and medically necessary. Where there is a reasonable possibility that a Nurse may return to work on modified duties the Employer may provide the Nurse with a Functional Abilities Form to be completed by the respective attending physician and/or primary care provider for completion. Such form will be submitted to the Health and Abilities Specialist.

Early and Safe Return to Work. (a) The Hospital and the Union are committed to a consistent and fair approach to meeting the needs of a disabled nurse with respect to reasonably accommodating without undue hardship her/his early and safe return to work in accordance with the parties’ responsibilities under law. To that end, the Hospital and the Union agree that ongoing and timely communications by all participants, including the nurse, is essential to the success of the process. (b) The Union will designate and notify the Hospital in writing of Union Return to Work representatives. The return to work representative will actively participate in the process with respect to the early and safe return to work of nurses. (c) Prior to a nurse returning to work on a temporary return to work program or a nurse being permanently accommodated, the Hospital will meet with a committee consisting of, the nurse, the Union’s return to work representative, the nurse’s Manager, a Hospital Occupational Health representative and others if required, to discuss and implement the nurse’s temporary return to work program or the nurse’s permanent accommodation.

Early and Safe Return to Work. This language will be reviewed by the Joint Health and Safety Committee.

Early and Safe Return to Work. The Employer, being committed to providing fair and consistent practices for accommodating employees who have been ill, injured or have sustained a permanent disability, will accommodate employees in accordance with the Human Rights Code and all relevant legislation. The Union shall designate one (1) member to represent the employees when discussing work accommodation efforts.