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Compliance with OSHA standards;
Training programs for Local Safety Committees' members;
Right-to-Know Training;
Communicable diseases in the workplace and the prevention thereof;
Review workers' compensation claims experience and First Reports of Injury;
The appropriate handling of bomb threats;
Safety shoes;
Methods of distribution of safety related policies;
Review issues of VDT safety; and
Additional issues of mutual concern.
The Committee shall make recommendations to the Commissioner of Minnesota Management
& Budget, who may then refer them to other appropriate State officials.
B. Affirmative Action Committee. The Committee shall be composed of eight (8) persons
designated by the Employer and an equal number of persons designated by the Union.
The Committee shall meet as determined by the parties. This Committee shall study:
Affirmative action plans;
Affirmative action goals and objectives, including specific procedures to promote
achievement of hiring goals and protection of goals in event of layoff;
Data, including labor market statistics to determine if protected class individuals are
available for employment or exist in present State employment;
Proposed solutions to existing problems brought to the Committee for review and
discussion;
Measures to provide maximum cooperation with goals and objectives determined by the
Committee;
Sexual harassment training;
Possible methods of increasing employees' awareness of the types and effects of
discrimination and the resources available to them to determine if they have been the object
of discrimination; and
Work with the ACCESS (Alliance for Collaboration and Cooperation in Employment and
State Services), the Diversity Action Council and the Office of Diversity to develop
statewide anti-discrimination and diversity training.
C. Child Care Committee. This Committee shall be composed of no more than five (5)
representatives of the Employer and no more than five (5) representatives of the Union. The
Committee shall:
Disseminate information to Appointing Authorities regarding existing on-site child care
facilities and the feasibility of establishing such facilities;
Provide assistance to interested parties regarding the establishment of on-site child care
facilities;
Prepare informative materials on child care for employees, as appropriate;
Address any other issues of mutual concern;
Assist Local Unions and/or Appointing Authorities which wish to establish on-site child care.
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