The Joint Health & Safety Committee is a forum where the employer and work representatives work together to identify, assess and control employee health and safety hazards in the workplace. The work of the committee should focus on prevention. The committee engages in a wide range of activities and conducts regular meetings, inspections of the workplace, participates in and makes recommendations regarding the health and safety program. The Joint Health & Safety Committee also communicates with both workers and management regarding health and safety matters. The Joint Health & Safety Committee provides an opportunity for those affected by health and safety hazards to use the first-hand knowledge of the workplace to identify hazards and make recommendations to control them. CERTIFIED MEMBERS Certified members of the Joint Health and Safety Committee have specific training in Occupational Health & Safety and have particularly important functions. Some of these include, stop worker, investigating complaints of hazardous situations and critical injury investigations. Certified members will most likely be the individuals who interact with the Ministry of Labour where there is a complaint or unresolved health & safety issue in the workplace. Joint Health and Safety Committee members are: All health and safety issues within your work site should first be brought to the attention of your immediate Direct Support Supervisor for review and resolution prior to any issues coming to the Committee. Minutes of the JHSC meetings Minutes - JHSC Meeting #195 - January 14, 2026, 1:30pm - 4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #194 - November 12, 2025, 1:30pm - 4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #193- September 27, 2025, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #192- May 14, 2025, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #191- March 19,2025, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #190 - January 8, 2025, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #189 - November 13, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #188 - September 11, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #187 - July 10, 2024, 1:30pm-4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #186 - May 8, 2024, 1:30pm - 4pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #185 - March 20, 2024, 1:30pm-3:50pm Minutes - JHSC Meeting #184 - January 10, 2024 1:30pm-4:00pm Health and Safety Additional Documentation Guidelines for the Control of Mould in the Workplace - Updated May 2022 G100 Health Safety Policy Statement, v260121 G500 Workplace Harassment Violence and Bullying Policy Statement, V260121 JHSC Members List for Health and Safety Board - November 2024 Event Information:
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The JHSC would like to share some very important information regarding decorative flowerpots on your patio, balcony, deck or porch. These flowerpots often contain peat moss (mixed with potting soil.) There is a potential for these pots to catch fire. Due to extremely dry and hot conditions, the peat moss may spontaneously combust and begin to smolder, with the potential of a bigger fire. This situation occurred this week at a CLGW home. Thankfully no one was injured and the fire was extinguished. There was damage to the house but it could have been much worse. We are asking the site reps to move these planters away from the program to a safe location. If your program rep is on vacation, please have another member of your team do this.
Your prompt attention in this matter is greatly appreciated!!
Regards, JHSC Members The latest issue of the Direct Support Workers newsletter is now available at the VITA website, http://vitacls.org/client/newsletter.aspx Your Manulife group retirement and savings statement is now available for you to view online. Manulife has simplified online account access. You can now log in to the group retirement secure website using an email address and password of your choice. Go to www.manulife.ca/GRO and have your Customer Number and Social Insurance Number (SIN) ready to complete the registration. Your Customer Number is shown on the first page of your statement and was provided to you when you enrolled in your group plan. Once you’ve logged in to your account, select My Account from the top menu then View My Statements. You can also go to My Profile and select Change Communication Preference to update your email and notifications when statements are available. If you have any questions or need assistance accessing your account, please contact the Customer Service Centre at 1-888-727-7766 Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. Hi everyone: You will recall that last year we decided to recognize our employees by having an Employee Recognition month in September. We ensured that folks were recognized within their team environment and including the people we support in some cases. We also had a Staff Recognition booklet prepared as well and used that information as part of our internal intranet postings. Feedback received was very positive and so based on this we have decided to continue with this process! If you are receiving a service award this calendar year, you will be contacted by Human Resources within the next month with the details on what you may select as your gift. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Human Resources Department. Thanks everyone!
Tricia Vogel HR Manager Our latest issue of The Communiqué has just been published. Please click the image below to download this edition.
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