EXHIBIT 28 Collective Bargaining Agreements With Unions ...

of Act 1990-148 and M.D. 505.26, AIDS and HIV infection in the Workplace.
Hepatitis B vaccinations will be made available to employees whose work responsibilities
place them at a potentially high risk of acquiring Hepatitis B. Identification of "potentially high
risk" employees will be made in accordance with the guidelines from the Centers for Disease
Control. Other employees may individually request the vaccine, in which case the respective
facility Infection Control Coordinator will review the request and, within ten (10) working days of
the request, notify the employee whether the vaccine will be provided. The criteria used for review
by the Coordinator will be whether the specific job duties of the involved employees have placed
them at a potentially high risk of acquiring Hepatitis B. The Coordinator's decision may be grieved
but will not be overturned unless found to have been arbitrary or capricious.
Grievances arising under this section may be submitted directly to the Joint Area
Committee of the grievance procedure.
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of communicable diseases are appropriate
subjects for the agency-level health and safety committees established pursuant to Article 39,
Section 2.
Transportation
The Employer agrees within 30 days of the effective date of this agreement to meet and
discuss with the Union concerning the development or review of existing policies covering the
transportation of residents/clients/patients.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide the Union an opportunity to give input into the
development of the policy. If a dispute arises during the course of these discussions which impacts
on the health and safety of employees, then those issues may be submitted by the Union for review
to a committee comprised of Council 13, the Agency and Office of Administration.
If concurrence of the policy has not occurred at the committee level, then the Union may
invoke the grievance procedure once the policy is implemented.
The parties recognize that some employees may be assigned duties that will require
possession of a Commercial Driver's License (CDL). The Employer will provide training, if
necessary, to assist employees in obtaining a CDL when possession of such license is required to
allow the employee to carry out their assigned duties.
Career Development - Joint Committee
A labor/management committee shall be established at the agency level to meet and discuss
concerning career ladders for employees in the Human Services Unit.
The purpose of this committee is to provide the Union an opportunity to give input into the
development of policies dealing with career ladders. Due consideration shall be given to all
meaningful suggestions made by the Union.
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