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July 25, 2017

Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety

As per the terms of reference, the Service Wide Occupational Health and Safety Committee (SWOHS) will assist and provide advice to policy committees at the departmental and agency level in meeting Canada Labour Code requirements and in promoting health and safety best practices in the federal public service.

Much like your Policy Committee, SWOHS is responsible for:

  • monitoring work accidents, injuries and health hazards;
  • dealing with issues of its own choosing including those referred by departmental/agency policy committees:
    • advising departmental/agency policy committees on best practices and approaches to be taken in fulfilling their duties;
    • participating in the monitoring of all service wide programs in the field of occupational health and safety;
    • participating in the development of standards, policies, programs, inquiries, studies, investigations and other initiatives dealing with service-wide health and safety issues;
    • participating, to the extent that the committee feels to be appropriate, in the planning and implementation of activities which may have an occupational health and safety component;
  • establishing and responding to information needs for service-wide issues;
  • making recommendations on service –wide occupational health and safety issues;
  • carrying out other duties as established by the committee, and providing regular reports on the impacts and outcome of its deliberations.

Minutes from the SWOHS Committee meetings, along with other pertinent information, will be posted on the NJC Website under SWOHS Communiqués http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/communique/35/en.

Should you have a specific item that you would like discussed at the SWOHS meetings, please use the attached referral form.  It is important to note that the policy committee co-chairs, from the department/agency making the referral must agree with the referral.

All communication to SWOHS should be sent to the NJC.

Referral to Service Wide Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Referring Policy Committee:         

 

     

Date of Referral:      

 

                                   

     

Name of Employee Co-Chair:                              

 

     

Name of Employer Co-Chair:       

 

           

     

Local Employer’s written response
to issue being referred

 

 

 

                                                                                 

     

Statement of Issue:

 

 

 

 

 

     

Committee Comments :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

*Please include all pertinent documentation including any records of discussion at which this issue was discussed. Submit the form to the NJC.