Healthy Work Environment Sample Clauses

Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center and nurses have a joint commitment and a shared interest in providing a healthy work environment, to support and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ excellence in the provision of patient care. The parties echo the statement from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) that the nursing shortage cannot be reversed without a healthy work environment that supports excellence in nursing practice. Toward that end, the parties are committed to working together – including using the existing processes – to address the elements of a healthy working environment and agree with the AACN statement: “Healthy work environments do not just happen. Therefore, if we do not have a

Healthy Work Environment. 20.1 AACN Standards for a Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center, AaNA, and the nurses at the Medical Center have a joint commitment and a shared interest in providing a healthy work environment, to support and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ excellence in the provision of patient care. The parties echo the statement from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses that the nursing shortage cannot be reversed without a healthy work environment that supports excellence in nursing practice. Toward that end, the parties are committed to working together – including using the existing processes – to address the elements of a healthy working environment, and agree with the AACN statement: “Healthy work environments do not just happen. Therefore, if we do not have a formal program in place addressing work environment issues, little will change.” The parties will work together in the development of an Initial Work Plan that will move towards the Healthy Work Environment envisioned by AACN.

Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center, ONA, and the nurses at 17 the Medical Center have a joint commitment and a shared interest in 18 providing a healthy work environment, to support and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ excellence in the 19 provision of patient care. The parties echo the statement from the American 20 Association of Critical-Care Nurses that the nursing shortage cannot be 21 reversed without a healthy work environment that supports excellence in 22 nursing practice. Toward that end, the parties are committed to working 23 together to address the elements of a healthy working environment and 24 acknowledge the AACN statement: “Healthy work environments do not just 25 happen. Therefore, if we do not have a formal program in place addressing 26 work environment issues, little will change.”

Healthy Work Environment. The Hospital and the Association agree that mutual respect between and among managers, employees, co-workers and supervisors is integral to a healthy work environment, a culture of safety and to the excellent provision of patient care. Behaviors that undermine such mutual respect, including abusive or “bullying” language or behavior, are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. 10.4.1. Any nurse who witnesses or believes they are subject to such behavior should raise their concerns with their manager as soon as possible. If the manager is unavailable, or if the nurse believes it would be inappropriate to contact that person, the nurse should raise their concerns with Human Resources. 10.4.2. Any nurse who in good faith reports such behavior, or who cooperates in an investigation of such behavior, will not be subject to retaliation by the Hospital, the Association or by co-workers. Any nurse who believes they are being retaliated against for reporting such behaviors should raise their concerns with an appropriate manager, supervisor or human resources representative as soon as possible. 10.4.3. The Hospital will promptly investigate any reports of such behavior and, based on such investigation and, applying appropriate discretion, take appropriate action to prevent the reoccurrence of such behavior. Any Hospital employee who has been found to have engaged in such inappropriate behavior will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 10.4.4. The Hospital will communicate to the nurse who was subject to such alleged bullying behavior whether the investigation supported the allegation, did not support the allegation, or was inconclusive. The Hospital may choose to keep confidential, consistent with Hospital policy, the level of discipline given to an employee who has been found to have engaged in such behavior. 10.4.5. A union representative may be present during an investigatory meeting with a represented nurse whether they filed a complaint or someone filed a complaint against them.

Healthy Work Environment. ‌ 24 A. Any nurses who witness or believes they are subject to such behavior 25 should raise their concerns with their manager as soon as possible. If 26 the manager is unavailable, or if the nurse believes it would be 27 inappropriate to contact that person, the nurse should raise their 28 concerns with Human Resources and are strongly encouraged to 29 include specific situations and include documentation. 31 B. Any nurse who in good faith reports such behavior, or who 32 cooperates in an investigation of such behavior, will not be subject to 33 retaliation by the Hospital, the Association or by co-workers. Any 34 nurse who believes they are being retaliated against for reporting 1 such behaviors should raise their concerns with an appropriate 2 manager, supervisor, the Association, or human resources 3 representative as soon as possible. The nurse may also contact the 4 Association. 6 C. The Hospital will promptly investigate any reports of such behavior 7 and, based on such investigation and, applying appropriate 8 discretion, take appropriate action to prevent the reoccurrence of 9 such behavior. Any Hospital employee who has been found to have 10 engaged in such inappropriate behavior will be subject to disciplinary 11 action, up to and including termination. 13 D. The Hospital will communicate to the nurse who was subject to such 14 alleged bullying behavior whether the investigation supported the 15 allegation, did not support the allegation, or was inconclusive. The 16 Hospital may choose to keep confidential, consistent with Hospital 17 policy, the level of discipline given to an employee who has been 18 found to have engaged in such behavior. 20 E. A union representative may be present during an investigatory 21 meeting with a represented nurse whether they filed a complaint, or 22 someone filed a complaint against them. Human Resources and the 23 ONA Representative (or ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) will have a discussion prior to the 24 meeting to determine if a conflict of interest exists when two or more 25 nurses are involved. In such cases, a different representative will be 26 identified for each nurse involved. Such participation by the union 27 representative or other PHRMH employee in the meeting shall be for 28 the purpose of observation and support. The additional participant 29 shall be bound by confidentiality for the purposes of maintaining the 30 integrity of the investigation.

Healthy Work Environment. The Hospital and the Association agree 9 that mutual respect between and among managers, employees, co- 10 workers and supervisors is integral to a healthy work environment, a 11 culture of safety and to the excellent provision of patient care.

Healthy Work Environment. This is clause 12 of the Current Agreement. This clause notes the commitment of the parties to ensuring that the employees covered by this enterprise agreement work in safe and healthy workplaces. There is no change to this clause. This is clause 13 of the Current Agreement. This clause is an acknowledgement of the contribution of employees to the department’s productivity and efficiency. A minor change has been made to reflect productivity improvements arising under the Current Agreement (Northern Territory Public Sector Non-Contract Principals, Teachers and Assistant Teachers’ 2021 – 2024 Enterprise Agreement).

Healthy Work Environment. PHHH and the Union agree that mutual respect 12 1. Any employee who witnesses or believes they are subject to such behavior

Healthy Work Environment. The Medical Center, ONA, and the nurses 24 at the Medical Center have a joint commitment and a shared interest in providing a 25 healthy work environment, to support and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ excellence in the provision of patient